what sets it apart? guest: one is just the beauty, the building and the magnificence of the marble statue, the largest marble monument portrait in the united states, then and now. what further has set it apart is the use of this space i am sitting on all the way to the steps as a platform for the discussion of grievances, for the aspirations for a more perfect union, for what reagan called unfinished what lincoln called unfinished work. it has evolved into the setting for demonstrations, gatherings, meetings, concerts that all point to completing that unfinished business of his. host: describe where you are and for those who haven t been there, with the should know. guest: i am sitting about 50, 40 feet from the reflecting pool on the far end of the monument. and of course the memorial is behind me up 87 steps, i think i have that right. finished in 19 and they waited for it to settle on the soft ground before it settled for it to settle before they had the dedication. 10
what sets it apart? guest: one is just the beauty, the building and the magnificence of the marble statue, the largest marble monument portrait in the united states, then and now. what further has set it apart is the use of this space i am sitting on all the way to the steps as a platform for the discussion of grievances, for the aspirations for a more perfect union, for what reagan called unfinished what lincoln called unfinished work. it has evolved into the setting for demonstrations, gatherings, meetings, concerts that all point to completing that unfinished business of his. host: describe where you are and for those who haven t been there, with the should know. guest: i am sitting about 50, 40 feet from the reflecting pool on the far end of the monument. and of course the memorial is behind me up 87 steps, i think i have that right. finished in 19 and they waited for it to settle on the soft ground before it settled for it to settle before they had the dedication. 10
african-american interpretive fellow lifelong, philadelphia, and who was really the the brains behind this incredible play. they re gonna see the historical advisor on this piece written by marissa kennedy, which you ll see performed by nathan alfred tate. we re really excited to be doing a lot with james horton story. not just right now when you can visit this cool painting daily here more about later, but also in the future we ve got exciting programming and exhibitions about the fort and family coming up, but i don t want to steal any of that thunder. i m gonna let you ask questions of kalala and and nathan later, so feel free to drop your questions into the chat either during the performance or afterwards when khalila will be moderating a conversation and selecting some of those questions for these guys to answer. so without further ado take your seats and meet james fortin. william my dear brother-in-law so this is the commerce ready to take us to england. it s almost ti
really excited to welcome you to this evening performance and talkback of meet james for an exciting original play commissioned from playwright mercer kennedy by the museum khalil williams who i m joined by is the founder of black history maven a longtime collaborate with the museum in our living history projects our diversify living history initiative and after the performance, i m gonna vacate my seat give it up to mike idris, who is the museum s african-american interpretive fellow lifelong, philadelphia, and who was really the the brains behind this incredible play. they re gonna see the historical advisor on this piece written by marissa kennedy, which you ll see performed by nathan alfred tate. we re really excited to be doing a lot with james horton story. not just right now when you can visit this cool painting daily here more about later, but also in the future we ve got exciting programming and exhibitions about the fort and family coming up, but i don t want to ste
Ah gus tuss saint gaudin. It is called the standing lincoln. We will get back to this. I love this material. I got to tell you, i am so moved by lincoln and by his era and by the art and imagery about him, the photographs of him. I know it sounds creepy, im in love with his body, and well see in photographs of him theres lots to say. By the way, i know im kind of like old and thin and tall, but i do not dress up like Abraham Lincoln. Maybe one day. But, you know, having said that, you know, i realize public history or Performance History or living history is really, really important. Lincoln enactors have an important place in the way we understand history. So if youre interested in that, we have a wonderful scholar, amy tyson, in the History Department whose specialty that is. I used to give lots of talks like this around the state of illinois in the years leading up to lincolns buy centennial, bicentennial of his birth in 2009. He was born in 1809. I found out that illinois is a huge