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Page 20 2016 EDUCATION MAGAZINE LINCOLN DAILY 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