Want to come heckle BoothieBarn authors Dave Taylor and Kate Ramirez in person? Here are some of our public speaking engagements planned for the future.
Date: Sunday, October 7, 2018
Location: Tudor Hall (17 Tudor Ln, Bel Air, MD 21015)
Time: 2:00 pm
Speech: Joseph Booth: The Youngest Brother of John Wilkes Booth
Speaker: Dave Taylor
Description: Of all of the Booth brothers, it was only the youngest Booth, Joseph Adrian who shunned the spotlight. Born into a family of actors, young Joseph only briefly entered the family profession before realizing he exited the stage for good. While far less is known about Joseph than his famous (and infamous) brothers, the details we we do know paint a fascinating tale of an enigmatic brother. In his speech, Dave will examine the life of Joseph Adrian Booth and the impact Lincoln’s assassination had on his life. More information will be posted later at: http://spiritsoftudorhall.blogspot.com/2016/11/make-plans-to-visit-tudor-hall-in-2017_7.html
Cost: $5.00 cash for the talk and a tour of Tudor Hall
Date: Sunday, October 14, 2018
Location: Jarrettsville Library (3722 Norrisville Rd. Jarrettsville, Md 21084)
Time: 2:00 pm
Speech: Confessions of an Ax Murderess
Speaker: Kate Taylor
Description: On the morning of August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found murdered in their home. After an intensive investigation by the police, Lizzie Borden, Andrew’s youngest daughter, was arrested and charged with the double patricide. This is her side of the story. Actor and researcher, Kate Taylor, takes you back to Fall River, Massachusetts and inside the mind of the mysterious woman who changed it forever.
Cost: Free
Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Location: New Bedford
Whaling National Historical Park Main Auditorium (33 Williams St, New Bedford, MA 02740)
Time: 7:00 pm
Speech: “Beware the People Whistling”: The Final Days of Mary Surratt
Speaker: Kate Taylor
Description: In 1865 Mary Surratt was running a boarding house in Washington D.C. She was put on trial, as a co-conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and was the first woman to be executed by the United States government. Kate, as Mary Surratt, fills her final days in Washington D.C., recalling memories of her family, the choices she made throughout the bloody American Civil War, and the man who brought her and her fellow prisoners to ruin, John Wilkes Booth.
Cost: Free
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2019
Location: Perryville branch of the Cecil County Library (500 Coudon Blvd. Perryville, MD 21903)
Time: 11:00 am
Speech: The Making of an Assassin: The History of John Wilkes Booth
Speaker: Dave Taylor
Description: How did John Wilkes Booth go from celebrated actor to villainous assassin? In his speech, Dave will recount the life of John Wilkes Booth and what led him to the Presidential box at Ford’s Theatre.
Cost: Free
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Location: Lynchburg Civil War Round Table (4009 Murray Place, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501)
Time: 7:45 pm
Speech: The Making of an Assassin: The History of John Wilkes Booth
Speaker: Dave Taylor
Description: How did John Wilkes Booth go from celebrated actor to villainous assassin? In his speech, Dave will recount the life of John Wilkes Booth and what led him to the Presidential box at Ford’s Theatre.
Cost: Cost for the talk is $5. Guests are also welcome to come for the buffet dinner starting at 7:00 pm but the cost for that is $25. Information can be found at: https://www.historicsandusky.org/lcwrt
Date: TBD Saturday in April 2019
Location: Surratt House Museum (9118 Brandywine Road, Clinton, MD 20735)
Time: 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Speech: John Wilkes Booth Escape Route Bus Tour
Speaker: Dave Taylor
Description: The 12 hour bus trip which documents the escape of the assassin through Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.
Cost: $85. Registration information can be found at: http://www.surrattmuseum.org/booth-escape-tour
Date: Sunday, May 5, 2019
Location: Thomas Stone National Historic Site (6655 Rose Hill Rd, Port Tobacco, MD 20677)
Time: TBD
Speech: Frederick Stone: A Life of Service and Secrets
Speaker: Dave Taylor
Description: Frederick Stone was the great nephew of Thomas Stone, one of the Maryland signers of the Declaration of Independence. Though he never knew his illustrious relative, Frederick lived for a time at his great uncle’s estate of Haber-de-venture before being educated in the law. His lifetime of public service would lead him from lawyer to commissioner to delegate to judge. Along the way, however, Frederick Stone became involved in one of the most traumatic events in our nation’s history: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. In his speech, researcher Dave Taylor will explore the life of Frederick Stone and the secrets he carried with him about the death of Abraham Lincoln.
Cost: Free
Additional speeches and information will be posted when available. Past speaking engagements can be seen here: https://boothiebarn.com/about/
If you are interested in having either Dave or Kate speak to your group about any aspect of the Lincoln assassination story, click to Contact Us or email to BoothieBarn@gmail.com
Great find, Dave.
Pretty cool Dave.
Did you arrange to meet Ed Steers? He lives just outside the heart of downtown. Check my history, but I think the Berkeley Castle was built by a native of Prince George’s County, Maryland, and finally, make sure you eat crab cakes at Tari’s — some of the best I have ever had, and that’s coming from a Southern Marylander. In the summer, there’s a great place for homemade ice cream.
We’re actually at Tari’s right now Laurie. We already ordered though and didn’t get the crab cakes. Next time. Also I didn’t know Dr. Steers lived here. Had I know we certainly would have invited him and his wife to dinner. Again, next time.
Right after you told me this, Laurie, I knew you were right. Not only did the Berkeley Springs bookstore have this signed Mudd book, but also Ed Steers’ His Name is Still Mudd. You can’t find that book in most places anymore so it makes perfect sense that it would still be in his local bookstore. They also had the Assassination Encyclopedia and Blood on the Moon, too.
In 1980, when my wife and I visited the Mudd home, I purchased a copy of Nettie’s book. It is signed by 12 grandchildren beginning with Christine Mudd Clementa and ending with Dr. Richard D. Mudd. The edition I have has a brown cover. After purchasing the book we embarked on a pleasant tour narrated by Louise Mudd Arehart. Near the end of the tour I mentioned I was an American history teacher who conducted a yearly mock trial with my students. I noted that some of the students questioned the beard story, and that I also had my suspicions. This was not said in a belligerent manner; rather I was simply interested in hearing the family’s side of the story. In my own mind, I meant no harm. However, the result of bringing up the topic was an abrupt end to the tour. We were firmly and briskly led out the door. So what had been a pleasant tour ended on a sour note. It is something we’ve never forgotten. My wife, who said nothing and has no interest whatsoever in the Lincoln assassination, still recalls it as clearly as I do.
From what I understand Roger, most folks in the field see being kicked out of the Mudd house as a rite of passage. So wear it like a badge of honor, my friend.
Funny about the abrupt end to Roger’s tour of the Mudd house. The tour my wife and I took ended when I pointed out, in a non-confrontational way, that the photo of “Lincoln” in the little museum was of another bearded man, not Lincoln.
So the lesson seems to be, just nod and smile at the Mudd House. 😛
It may be different there now. When Patty and I visited, the tour was given by Dr. Mudd’s grand-daughter, as astonishing as that sounds. I’m sure that she’s no longer giving tours, if she’s even still with us.
But since she was somewhat testy, I didn’t buy any of her crochet work in the gift shop!!!