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2016 EDUCATION MAGAZINE

LINCOLN DAILY

NEWS.COM

March 1, 2016

event, and also as a classroom visitor. Mrs.

Moseley, a talented living history performer,

came to Washington-Monroe and performed as

a maid in the Lincoln home. She was dressed in

period wardrobe and showed the students how

to perform in character. She will be visiting

classrooms again to help this year’s crop of

performers get into character.

Tom McLaughlin, Director of LHM, had the

opportunity to come to the Civil War Walk last

year before he took on the role of director. He

was very impressed with how well the students

did and is extremely excited to have the students

back again to perform this year. “Being a part of

educating students and visitors about Abraham.

Lincoln is why we are here,” McLaughlin added.

Last year’s visitors included parents,

grandparents, Lincoln Woman’s Club, the DAR,

Rotary and local nursing home residents.

Several tourists who were visiting Lincoln were

pleasantly surprised by the special event.

The fifth grade teachers and museum staff are

hoping to have an even bigger crowd this year.

Courtney Snow, fifth grade teacher at Washington-

Monroe said, “I like having the public get

a chance to see what we are doing in our

classrooms.”

will be on Friday, March 11th.

Northwest fifth graders perform from

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Washington-

Monroe students perform from 10:30

a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and Central

students will perform from 12:45 p.m.

to 1:45 p.m.. Visitors will again have

a chance to meet Lincoln, Grant, Lee,

Tubman, as well as many others, and

listen to the Civil War experiences of

Union and Confederate troops.

This year’s performances