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The Mary Suratt House was constructed as a middle-class plantation home in 1852. During its earlier days, it served as a tavern and holster, a post office, and polling place before the Civil War. When the war broke out, it served as a safehouse for the Confederate underground that flourished in Southern Maryland. It was known as Mary Surratt?s country home. Surratt was the first woman executed by the government of the United States for her alleged conspiracy with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

The structure was restored by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission in 1976. It now functions as a museum that offers programs and events to relive the history of mid-19th century, particularly the Lincoln conspiracy.
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