James watson, were sitting in the Senate Tavern and house. If you judge by fords theater in washington, d. C. , its about 14 miles southeast of there. What happened at about midnight when the calendar turned from april 42, 52, 1865, here in this tavern, John Wilkes Booth had been on the run. He shot Abraham Lincoln about ten, 15 or 10 20 p. M. , and he met up with one of his conspirators, david harold, across the 11th street bridge. And they met up at a high point and they rode straight here. This was their intended because this was a house of conspiracy. It was owned by mary surratt. She live here. It was a country tavern that a man rented it and ran it for her. And then she was living in her house in washington, d. C. , her boarding house. So booth and david harold arrived here and they pounded on the door. The innkeeper, john lloyd, was asleep and they pounded on the door and again and in then they let booth and david harold. Then they came in the side entrance, not through the fron
My name is jamie bosket have the privilege of serving as president and ceo here at the Virginia Museum of history and culture. And im honored to be the first to officially welcome you to tonights program. Thank you so much for joining us this evening. We are so pleased to be copresenting this timely discussion with our friends at the John Marshall center for constitutional history and civics. Im also pleased to serve on that board. The John Marshall center. But thats not the most important reason why collaboration. These two organizations is such a natural we have shared values in a shared history after all, chief justice John Marshall, as many of you know, was the very first president of this historic society, civics and history are fundamentally linked and alike, essential for an engaged citizenry. So thrilled to present this program together, i just have to take a sidebar because just the other day i was looking at the civics study presented annually by the annenberg Public Policy c
My name is jamie bosket have the privilege of serving as president and ceo here at the Virginia Museum of history and culture. And im honored to be the first to officially welcome you to tonights program. Thank you so much for joining us this evening. We are so pleased to be copresenting this timely discussion with our friends at the John Marshall center for constitutional history and civics. Im also pleased to serve on that board. The John Marshall center. But thats not the most important reason why collaboration. These two organizations is such a natural we have shared values in a shared history after all, chief justice John Marshall, as many of you know, was the very first president of this historic society, civics and history are fundamentally linked and alike, essential for an engaged citizenry. So thrilled to present this program together, i just have to take a sidebar because just the other day i was looking at the civics study presented annually by the annenberg Public Policy c
My name is jamie bosket have the privilege of serving as president and ceo here at the Virginia Museum of history and culture. And im honored to be the first to officially welcome you to tonights program. Thank you so much for joining us this evening. We are so pleased to be copresenting this timely discussion with our friends at the John Marshall center for constitutional history and civics. Im also pleased to serve on that board. The John Marshall center. But thats not the most important reason why collaboration. These two organizations is such a natural we have shared values in a shared history after all, chief justice John Marshall, as many of you know, was the very first president of this historic society, civics and history are fundamentally linked and alike, essential for an engaged citizenry. So thrilled to present this program together, i just have to take a sidebar because just the other day i was looking at the civics study presented annually by the annenberg Public Policy c
My name is jamie bosket have the privilege of serving as president and ceo here at the Virginia Museum of history and culture. And im honored to be the first to officially welcome you to tonights program. Thank you so much for joining us this evening. We are so pleased to be copresenting this timely discussion with our friends at the John Marshall center for constitutional history and civics. Im also pleased to serve on that board. The John Marshall center. But thats not the most important reason why collaboration. These two organizations is such a natural we have shared values in a shared history after all, chief justice John Marshall, as many of you know, was the very first president of this historic society, civics and history are fundamentally linked and alike, essential for an engaged citizenry. So thrilled to present this program together, i just have to take a sidebar because just the other day i was looking at the civics study presented annually by the annenberg Public Policy c