Re-enactors
There will be several re-enactors at Hoosier Homecoming. You'll meet some of your Hoosier favorites like Garfield, Indiana's first Gov. Jonathan Jennings and Abraham Lincoln!
Danny Russel has worked as a professional actor for nearly
thirty years -specializing in historical characters for the last 15. He said playing
Abraham Lincoln is a tremendous responsibility.
"He stands on the highest
mountain with the brightest torch, having reassembled the dis-United States
while ending slavery forever," Russel said. "I'm rather humbled to keep his legacy
alive. Hilarious, heartbreaking and full of humanity, he embodies all of
life's richest emotions. That makes him a joy, and a challenge, to
portray!
Folks adore his frontier humor,
stories about Mary and the boys, prairie lawyer years, political aspirations,
learning about Civil War tragedy and triumph, and of course those remarkably
eloquent speeches. And did you realize we're approaching TWO important
bicentennials this year? Indiana won statehood in December of 1816.
Lincoln's family left the slave state of Kentucky (since Indiana rejected
that "peculiar institution" as part of its constitution) and arrived
in Spencer County in December of 1816!"
Re-enactors combine historical,
theatrical and educational components so that the general public can be
entertained, and learn something as well!
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