Sat, Apr 13
|Online Meeting and Presentations
2024 Surratt Society Virtual Conference
This FREE event is open to all interested in history.
Time & Location
Apr 13, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Online Meeting and Presentations
Guests
About the event
Join the Surratt Society for their 4th annual virtual conference and meeting! Learn the latest Society happenings, participate in the election of the Society's Executive Committee, followed by two riveting presentationations by Timothy S. Good and Dave Taylor.
Presenter: Timothy S. Good
Timothy S. Good, author of We Saw Lincoln Shot, and the National Park Service Superintendent of the Lincoln Home Site in Springfield, IL who will speak on:
"On the evening of April 14,1865, when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theatre, an entire audience was witness to the tragedy. From diaries, letters, depositions, affidavits, and periodicals, this program is based on a collection of accounts from a variety of theatergoers―who by chance saw one of the truly pivotal events in US history."
Presenter: Dave Taylor who maintains the Lincoln Conspirators.com website (formerly "Boothie Barn") who will speak on "The Death of Abraham Lincoln: Reactions From a Divided Nation."