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Abraham Lincoln: The Night before Gettysburg

Join us for a historical reenactment of Abraham Lincoln
2025-02-20 18:00:00 2025-02-20 19:00:00 America/Chicago Abraham Lincoln: The Night before Gettysburg Join us for a historical reenactment of Abraham Lincoln the night before his famous Gettysburg address, including a performance, history lesson, and Q&A, all provided by Chuck Johnson from Perham. Moorhead Public Library -

Thursday, February 20
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-02-20 18:00:00 2025-02-20 19:00:00 America/Chicago Abraham Lincoln: The Night before Gettysburg Join us for a historical reenactment of Abraham Lincoln the night before his famous Gettysburg address, including a performance, history lesson, and Q&A, all provided by Chuck Johnson from Perham. Moorhead Public Library -

Join us for a historical reenactment of Abraham Lincoln the night before his famous Gettysburg address, including a performance, history lesson, and Q&A, all provided by Chuck Johnson from Perham.

Join us to take a journey inside Abraham Lincoln's mind “The Night Before Gettysburg.” This reenactment focuses on Abraham Lincoln as he finishes writing the Gettysburg Address in his bedroom the night before the speech. Lincoln confronts powerful struggles with racism, slavery, war carnage, and the deaths of two of his children.

"The Night Before Gettysburg" is written and performed by Chuck Johnson from Perham, MN. He wrote it in 2021 to compete in a 1-act play contest in Wadena. The play won the competition, and Destination Gettysburg in tracked him down a few days later to inquire about performing in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Johnson has performed in Gettsyburg in 2022, 2023, and 2024. 

After the performance there will be a history lesson about Lincoln, and time for audience questions.

AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

EVENT TYPE: | Presentations | Entertainment |

TAGS: | president's day | president | lincoln's birthday | history | historical reenactment | gettysburg address | gettysburg | civil war | abraham lincoln |

Moorhead Public Library
moorhead@larl.org
Phone: 218-233-7594
Branch manager
Megan Krueger
Hours
We're closed Monday January 20 due to Closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Mon, Jan 20 Closed
(Closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
Tue, Jan 21 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jan 22 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jan 23 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jan 24 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jan 25 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Jan 26 Closed
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