&ldquo\;I should not have died on July 7\, 1865 for the conspiracy of killing President Abraham Lincoln\,&rdquo\; sa ys the ghost of Mary Surratt. &ldquo\;I was innocent.&rdquo\;
\nJoin Lynn Rymarz as she tells the story of Mary Surratt\, convicted and hanged as one of Lincoln&rsquo\;s conspirators in his assassination. Listen to t he events that led up to Lincoln&rsquo\;s assassination\, her involvement with John Wilkes Booth and the other conspirators\, her arrest\, her own t estimony and those of others at the military trial. Hear the words of the verdict\, how she proclaimed her innocence in the days she spent before sh e went to the gallows\, hanged as the first woman in the US to be executed . Decide for yourself if Mary Surratt was guilty or innocent of the conspi racy of killing President Abraham Lincoln. Signup required.
\nSpeaker bio: Lynn Rymarz
Lynn Rymarz has entertained audiences w
ith her portrayals of historical women since 2005. As a children&rsquo\;s
author and storyteller\, she enjoys sharing little-known historical storie
s which have been published in the children&rsquo\;s magazines Cricket
and Highlights.
Her performances told in the first pe
rson have included Mary Lincoln\, Martha Washington\, Susan B. Anthony\, M
ary Surratt\, Nellie Bly\, The Unsinkable Margaret Brown\, Mary Cassatt\,
Zelda Fitzgerald\, Julia Child\, and stories from the real Downton Abbey.<
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