Ford restoration
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10-09-2013, 12:40 PM
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RE: Ford restoration
(08-28-2013 08:00 PM)L Verge Wrote: This reminds me of a story that Rick Smith told me the other day about a visitor to Surratt House who was so happy when he (serving as the guide) found one of the square cut nails that had popped loose from the weatherboarding and was laying in the French drain that encircles the structure in lieu of gutters. Rick picked it up and presented it to her as a token of her visit. Laurie: So the piece of brick I picked up at Garret's while I was on the tour may be fake! I'm outraged! Mike |
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10-09-2013, 01:29 PM
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RE: Ford restoration
Ford's is currently closed due to the situation in the Government.
Bill Nash |
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10-09-2013, 03:00 PM
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RE: Ford restoration
(10-09-2013 12:40 PM)mgambuzza Wrote:(08-28-2013 08:00 PM)L Verge Wrote: This reminds me of a story that Rick Smith told me the other day about a visitor to Surratt House who was so happy when he (serving as the guide) found one of the square cut nails that had popped loose from the weatherboarding and was laying in the French drain that encircles the structure in lieu of gutters. Rick picked it up and presented it to her as a token of her visit. Sorry about that, Mike. And no, we will not refund your tour money because of fake artifacts... |
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10-09-2013, 03:05 PM
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RE: Ford restoration
Mike, would you like a couple of pieces of the gravel from the road Booth's horse slipped on and caused/aggravated his broken leg injury?
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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10-09-2013, 03:08 PM
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RE: Ford restoration
(10-09-2013 01:29 PM)LincolnMan Wrote: Ford's is currently closed due to the situation in the Government. Yes, it is - and we have had some unhappy out-of-towners at Surratt House this past ten days! I am a bit perturbed myself because we are taking a tour bus from Pennsylvania over the Booth escape route on Saturday, and it appears that Stop #1 at Ford's will have to be eliminated. We will be able to get into the new Education Center because it is run by the Ford's Theatre Society, not the NPS. However, they will not open early for us as the rangers at Ford's are nice enough to do. That means we will be at least an hour behind schedule the entire day. When you are dealing with a twelve-hour tour, that hurts. But heck, it took Booth and Herold twelve days, so what are we complaining about!? |
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10-10-2013, 06:03 AM
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RE: Ford restoration
(10-09-2013 03:08 PM)L Verge Wrote:Laurie:(10-09-2013 01:29 PM)LincolnMan Wrote: Ford's is currently closed due to the situation in the Government. You may want to consider arriving at 8:30 to 8:45 and just do a quick tour of the alley. I have not seen any urban bald-tailed squirrels in many years back there. Also the Atlantic Building on F St dates to about the mid 1880s, but the prior Atlantic Building was the home of Harvey and Marr, undertakers. St. Patrick's, one block up from Ford's on 10th. The current building dates to the 1879s, but that is where Mary Surratt attended mass. On G St. the second floor window with diamond panes is the room where Father Jacob Walters died. |
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10-10-2013, 10:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-10-2013 10:34 AM by L Verge.)
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RE: Ford restoration
Thanks, Jim. I'll pass this on to Lindsey, who will be chaperoning the trip. However, I believe that the tour company has already adjusted their timing.
(10-09-2013 03:05 PM)Gene C Wrote: Mike, would you like a couple of pieces of the gravel from the road Booth's horse slipped on and caused/aggravated his broken leg injury? Unfortunately, Mike and Gene, there was not even gravel on the roads at that time down here -- just hard-packed dirt from what I can tell. |
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10-10-2013, 04:58 PM
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RE: Ford restoration
(10-09-2013 03:05 PM)Gene C Wrote: Mike, would you like a couple of pieces of the gravel from the road Booth's horse slipped on and caused/aggravated his broken leg injury? I have a small bottle that contains some of the exhaled air from John Wilkes Booth last breath. I will part with it for the right price. |
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04-18-2015, 12:53 PM
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RE: Ford restoration
AND if I recall reading the box was opened up - meaning that there were TWO separate boxes with TWO separate doors. So imagine how small each box would be with the moveable partition! In fact, somewhere I read that they used the partition to put Lincoln on eventually in the crossing of 10th Street?
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