Video: A day in the life of Abraham Lincoln: counterparts of the American president in Ohio
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
One Abraham Lincoln - good, but thirty is better. At least, this is what the "doubles" of the 16th American president, who gather at the annual convention of the association, think so. Lincoln presenters in Ohio. In memory of the great politician, fans are ready to live one day in his life.
Jerry Payn opened this year's convention with a solemn speech by Abraham Lincoln, which the politician delivered in the same hall in 1861 before his inauguration. Jerry Payn, a 74-year-old retired biology teacher by profession, has been "playing the role" of Lincoln for 14 years in a row, performing about a hundred times a year at various events. He is sure that you can get to know Abraham Lincoln thoroughly only by studying the books about Abraham Lincoln.
All the Lincolns spent the evening at the school theater, where local students performed Our American Cousin. Of course, the choice of repertoire is symbolic: Lincoln was shot dead at the Ford Theater in Washington on April 15, 1865, while watching this particular play. The students got creative with the production, adding drumming at the dramatic moment when the shot should have rang out.
Of course, not all congress participants are spitting image of Abrahams. There are very short "presidents" here, and gray-bearded, costumes are also not inferior to each other in extravagance. One of the members, Robert Broski, explains that the members of the association do not seek to faithfully copy their idol, rather, they position themselves as the successors of the Lincoln tradition.
The idea to organize such congresses was born 25 years ago. It all started with an innocent joke when Ohio resident John Cooper decided to dress up as the president for Halloween to entertain the kids. The costume consisted of an old frock coat found in the attic and a cardboard hat. True, everything looked so convincing that he was invited to one of the schools to speak at Presidents Day. Soon John Cooper became so popular that many like-minded people joined him. For 19 years in a row, dozens of Abraham Lincoln's doubles have been gathering in the American state to honor the great politician.
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