John Wilkes Booth - Mary Surratt

Virtual tour of the Surratt Tavern where John Wilkes Booth obtained his firearms the night of the Lincoln assassination

[@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

Fascinating! Very informative, and tastefully done!

[@jeffbaxter8770]

Thank you so so much for this brilliant and informative video. Loved the description of each room and its furnishings😊

[@tomhoying124]

It's nice to see the property has been restored finally

[@janebeatty9472]

My Great-Great-Grandfather read to the Lincoln’s children while on my Mother’s side, her nephew married Mary Surrat’s Great-Great-Grand-daughter.

[@kathydominick1582]

Sounds good to Rick are you going to do any more?

[@chrisnatmills7802]

Very interesting, thankyou for posting.

[@historybuffcom]

The entire trial was contrived. Consider this, there were SIX named people in maryland and virginia that aided Booth by hiding him out, providing a boat, etc. but NONE of them were even arrested. Isn't that aiding a criminal after the fact?

[@luisparga5707]

historybuffcom

[@WHATISTRUTHTV]

💯 agreed. Would love to have you on sometime to discuss this!

[@charleskeefer9030]

A three second delay of telecast commencement with out the prompt of classified government timely response for a case subject to zonal demeanor.

[@historybuffcom]

John was Mary Surratt's son. John left Washington DC in the late afternoon of April 14 and headed to Canada. He was found 2 years later as a guard for the Pope in the Vatican. He was brought back to Washington DC and had a trial he was found innocent. As to the contents of the tavern, send an email to [e-mail] Rick Brown

[@lolasuder8724]

He wasn't found innocent. It was a hung jury.

[@ealswytheangelicrealms]

It was thought that by checking Mary Surratt's cell phone records it could be found out if she received any calls from Booth. Trouble is she used a burner phone that yields no information. She purchased the phone in the Confederate Supply Co. store in Washington DC. She purchased the phone from a clerk working in the store named Lucy Hale who just happened to know Booth personally. Mary remarked to Lucy Hale , "So you know Booth too" Lucy replied, " I sure do. He is a bum actor who does not want to work any more and he asked me to marry him because he expects me to support him. When Booth found out I had a steady job working in this store he immediately asked me to marry him" Plus that lousy bum Booth was in here yesterday trying to sell a book he just wrote entitled ' I killed Lincoln" People in the store said your book is crap. The President is alive and well. Booth replied, " Not for long!

[@BSNFabricating]

It should also be mentioned that during the trial, not once did they enter the video footage from the security cameras at the Citgo station across the road as evidence. For sure, at least one of the cameras would've picked up the suspicious activity at the Surratt Tavern on April 14th, namely Mary Surratt showing up and arranging for the "shooting irons" to be ready, and then Booth and Herold's late night visit.

[@tomhoying124]

I was told that the house is haunted when I was livive there in the 60s and 70s

[@elainejohnson6955]

How do you have a half cent?

[@historyman4629]

There were "half cent" coins back then.

[@heru-deshet359]

Booth was a dramatic grand stander. He wrote letters and made entries in his diary purposely implicating everyone that he originally spoke with about the kidnapping, those who turned him down when he changed it to assassination and those confederate sympathizers who were clueless about the details of his plan. All because he thought he and the others would be considered heroes and also out of spite for the ones that turned him down. The others who helped him in his escape weren't included in his rants on paper because he was on the run. A truly evil man that directly caused the death of many.

[@historyman4629]

Great virtual tour! Nice narration as well. Very thorough! Question: what percentage of the house and furnishings are original to the time period of the Lincoln assassination?

[@antoinettebush1574]

What is 31 1/2 cents.

[@craigcook1571]

@ AB, a quarter, a nickle, a penny, and half of a penny that's been cut in half. 🤪

[@edmilan1]

The actions you mention do constitute "aiding and abetting" a criminal after the fact, which makes you wonder why these people were not prosecuted for this crime. The whole conspirators' trial was riddled with unfairness from the very beginning to the end. It is a blemish on American justice.

[@michaelandrews8185]

7 Clearglen Avenue and

[@midgie4410]

Would be nice if video wasn't so jerky. Didn't finish watching.

[@rj6683]

Not unusual back then, for grown man to share a bed

[@jasonchasko7721]

Booth wasn’t evil he just wanted his Fathers approval.If you read enough about Booths family life and upbringing,you will see what I mean.

[@pavanatanaya]

I get that impression too. His Father was a narcissistic actor who fantasized about killing a president

[@jlbpr00]

@@pavanatanaya Can't deny that he hated the freeing of slaves and a Confederate. So in that era The President was not popular.

[@suziecreamcheese211]

Jason Chasko: can you recommend a book.

[@jasonchasko7721]

Suzie cream cheese yes,I have a couple, I’ll have to get back to,gotta find them

[@onyx7273]

@@suziecreamcheese211 try Fortunes Fool. Very good biography of him.

[@gregoryyoung8586]

Not exactly the ritz!

[@daniellekennedy2338]

In 1800s it was.

[@raypaul5504]

think booth was hitting it

[@camelmanjd2671]

ROFLMAO

[@Sue-vb1nc]

I don't..He was a young dashing actor, she was a plump older woman. They did have a friendly relationship though. I read she adored him and called him "pet"....Booth could have any young actress in town...no, he used Mary I fear.