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Lecture - ISACHAR ZACHARIE: LINCOLN’S CHIROPODIST—AND PEACE ENVOY

Sponsoring Organization

701 4th Street, NW
Washington , DC, 20001

Phone: 202-789-0900
Fax: 202-789-0485

Location

LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL JEWISH MUSEUM
701 THIRD STREET, NW
Washington, DC, 20001

Phone: 202-789-0900
See map: Google Maps
February 15, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Celebrate Presidents’ Day with our noontime program about Isachar Zacharie, a chiropodist whom President Abraham Lincoln trusted not only with his feet but with a peace mission to the Confederacy. Includes new revelations on Zacharie’s meeting with the Jewish Confederate Secretary of State, Judah Benjamin.

Bring your lunch.  Drink and dessert provided.

Free and open to the public. Suggested donation: $10/person

RSVP online or by calling (202) 789-0900.

 

Co-presented by the Jewish Historical Society and Washington Hebrew Congregation, with participation from the National Museum of American Jewish Military History and Jewish War Veterans.
 
Fee: 
suggested donation of $10

Contact Information

701 4th Street, NW
Washington , DC, 20001

Phone: 202-789-0900
Fax: 202-789-0485

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