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History

Friday, August 14, 2009

Ride Into History’s Amelia Earhart and Calamity Jane, also known as Ann Birney and Joyce Thierer, will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at the post office building in Admire (studio is behind the post office). Also appearing will be Alexander Gardner, a Civil War-era photographer who photographed Abraham Lincoln more time than any other single person, portrayed by Doug McGovern, a photographer, teacher and engineer.

Admission is by donation to the Ride Into History Cultural and Educational Project, Inc., a non-profit organization that makes history accessible through the arts, stated the news release. For more information, call (620) 528-3580.

Donations will help the Admire PRIDE organization bring musician Thad Beach to the Admire Grade School. Beach and local historians will help students write a song based on community history and legend. The song will be performed at the Admire Fall Festival on Sept. 19.

Comments

reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...

Joe Raymond said, whoever does'nt know the past must have very little understanding of the present and no vision of the future.

August 14, 2009 at 11:55 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

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