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Surratt House in the news
03-01-2015, 02:41 PM
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Surratt House in the news
A couple of weeks ago we were visited by a reporter from the local news station to do a small segment on the new exhibit on display at the Surratt House. I was already in costume and was able to talk for a few minutes about it and the rather interesting "statue" that we have lurking in one of the corners.

So, for those of you from out of town, you'll get a small glimpse of the house and for you locals--come stop by!


http://youtu.be/-IPxWgjjdTY

“Within this enclosed area a structure to be inhabited by neither the living or the dead was fast approaching completion.”
~New York World 7/8/1865
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03-01-2015, 02:47 PM
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Good job, Lindsey! Thanks for posting this!
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03-01-2015, 04:02 PM
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I agree with Roger. Excellent!

Thanks for sharing.

Bob
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03-01-2015, 04:39 PM
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Believe it or not, this is my first time viewing the clip because I didn't get to turn on the TV in time the evening it was shown. Lindsey did an excellent job and had no prepared script - we found out they wanted to come the afternoon before they came!

Lindsey expresses herself so well and knows the history so well that she has become sort of our official spokesperson for publicity shots as well as giving off-site lectures about the museum and Mrs. Surratt.
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03-01-2015, 06:45 PM
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Congrats to Lindsey.

Well done!
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03-01-2015, 06:53 PM
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Great job, Lindsey!

"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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03-01-2015, 07:09 PM
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Nice job Lindsey!!
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03-01-2015, 08:28 PM (This post was last modified: 03-01-2015 08:30 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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(03-01-2015 04:39 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Lindsey did an excellent job and had no prepared script - we found out they wanted to come the afternoon before they came!
I truly take my hat off to this - even with a prepared script it would have been very well and professionally done!!! Loved to watch it! And you look great in the costume, Lindsey!
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03-02-2015, 09:19 AM
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Another good article on a Booth Tour: http://m.newsok.com/article/5397247

I remember this tour well because it was a VIP tour given by a friend of mine in his Rolls Royce. The VIPs were former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating and his son and grandson. Mr. Keating was delighted to hear that the dean of Lincoln assassination studies, James O. Hall, was a native of Oklahoma and buried in a small cemetery there.
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03-02-2015, 01:08 PM
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Cool!
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03-02-2015, 05:54 PM
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Enjoyed the video Lindsey. You look good in that period costume. Do you always wear it to do tours?
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03-02-2015, 09:08 PM
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Very nice video Lindsey. I also agree you look very nice in your outfit. Very well done.
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03-03-2015, 10:13 AM
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Thanks everyone for all the kind words. I do always wear my costume/outfit/whatever you want to call it when I give tours. Happened to be in my black one, but also have a green one that I tend to wear in the warmer months, we're in them so much it pays to have more than one.

“Within this enclosed area a structure to be inhabited by neither the living or the dead was fast approaching completion.”
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03-03-2015, 03:20 PM
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Guides at the Surratt House are always in period dress when giving tours. We even have some who are so dedicated that they wear pantalets and corsets (the ladies, of course). We have a good number of male docents also, and they are in period shirts, slacks, waistcoats, and cravats. Some have frock coats and boots and even great coats for winter wear.
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