Karen Stone has been the museum division manager for St. Mary's County, Maryland, since 2017. She did her undergraduate work at Gettysburg College and obtained her master's degree from Penn State University; she has been working in the museum field ever since. She has been a Lincoln fan and student of his assassination since childhood, so she was fascinated when she first heard this story with its connection to Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth. And she was surprised to find that it had been overlooked by history. In her spare time, Karen sings with the Chamber Chorale of Fredericksburg and at as many Fredericksburg Nationals baseball games as she can.