Surratt Society Meeting and "Conference" 2026

[wpbinzel]

TODAY!!! The annual meeting of the Surratt Society will be on Saturday, April 25, 2026, via Zoom, from 2:00 to approximately 4:30 pm, ET. The Zoom link is posted below. There will be a brief business meeting for the election of officers for the 2026-27 term. The proposed slate is:
Louise Oertly, president
Bill Binzel, vice president
Rebecca Morris, secretary
Dr. Nathan Willis, treasurer

In the interest of time, a motion will be offered to approve the slate en bloc (all together) so as not to have individual votes of the membership on each position.

After the business meeting, there will be two presentations. Joe Barry will discuss the audience at Ford’s Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865, and Mike Mazzeo will discuss the history and restoration of Rich Hill, which was the home of Samuel Cox and John Wilkes Booth’s third stop in his attempt to escape.

The meeting and presentations are open to all, and free.

The Zoom link to the meeting is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84728950585?pw...ZYp5NVZk.1 .

[wpbinzel]

We had technical problems with Zoom, so we decided to postpone the meeting to get them resolved and move the date to next Saturday, May 2, same time 2:00 to approximately 4:30 pm ET. I hope to post the login shortly. My apologies to those who tried to login this afternoon but were unable!

[wpbinzel]

First of all, again, my apologies to those who attempted to log into the Surratt Society meeting last Saturday We had technical issues with Zoom. We have rescheduled for Saturday, May 2. We will use a different "host" (Nate Willis). We tested it this morning, and it worked well. Open Zoom using the "browser" option (and not the "business" option) and use the link: https://zoom.us/j/93679301057  . 

We will convene at 2:00 ET.  There will be a very short (he says hopefully) business meeting.  Joe Barry will then talk about the audience at Ford's, and then Mike Mazzeo will talk about Rich Hill, JW Booth's third stop in his effort to escape.  We will adjourn by 4:30.

The meeting is free and open to all. 

[Steve]

Great program, Bill! Both Joe and Mike were great with their presentations. I wouldn't have been able to watch it the weekend before, so the technical problems worked out for me.