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\u201cLincoln at Gettysburg\u201d with Chris Small and local vocalists will explore the 16th president\u2019s most famous speech in a program on Sunday, Feb. 1, at Tusculum College.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWhat does it all mean?\u201d At the height of the Civil War, a broken nation and its President were grappling with that question as Abraham Lincoln prepared to give a brief dedicatory speech for a new soldier\u2019s cemetery at Gettysburg.<\/p>\n

Lincoln\u2019s contemplations that led to his most famous speech will be explored in \u201cLincoln at Gettysburg\u201d on Sunday, Feb. 1. The program will begin at 2 p.m. in the Behan Arena on the lower level (side entrance) of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building on the Tusculum College campus. It is part of Tusculum Arts Outreach\u2019s Acts, Arts, Academia 2014-15 performance and lecture series.<\/p>\n

In a moving and educational presentation by Lincoln impressionist Chris Small, the 16th<\/sup> president\u2019s visit to the cemetery will be recounted. The audience will learn about the cost of war and the price of freedom. Lincoln\u2019s own experiences as a young man and as President, as well as those of slaves yearning for emancipation and soldiers\u2014North and South, white and black\u2014who made the ultimate sacrifice, help give meaning to the national conflict.<\/p>\n

Interspersed throughout the program will be period music from the Civil War, including military songs, spirituals and popular standards, performed live by the Newsome Sisters from Newport and Tara Cohen, with Brenda Silva, from Greeneville. The program will conclude with the Gettysburg Address, which has become Lincoln\u2019s most famous speech.<\/p>\n

This year marks the 152nd<\/sup> anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and is the final year of the nationwide Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. Lincoln\u2019s participation in the ceremony was requested only 17 days prior to the dedication service when David Wills wrote to the president, asking him to \u201ca few appropriate remarks\u201d after the main oration. Lincoln\u2019s presence and words, Wills thought, would \u201cformally set apart these grounds to their Sacred use\u201d and give gratification and confidence to soldiers still serving in the nation\u2019s forces and to their families back at home.<\/p>\n

Small, a winner of the Association of Lincoln Presenters Outstanding Abraham Lincoln Award, began portraying the 16th<\/sup> president in 1997, later founding The Lincoln Project\u00ae<\/sup> in 2003 and continuing to lead it into new territories of \u201cBringing Lincoln to Life.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2010, he authored the children\u2019s book, \u201cAbraham Lincoln Puts on His Hat.\u201d Through The Lincoln Project, he has produced three films: \u201cAbraham Lincoln\u2019s Faith\u201d (2009), \u201cLincoln and Emancipation\u201d (2009) and \u201cWar in Heaven, War on Earth: The Birth of the Seventh-day Adventist Church During the American Civil War\u201d (2014).\u00a0\u00a0 Clients and partners of The Lincoln Project have included the National Park Service; the United States Post Office; the East Tennessee Historical Society; and numerous churches, schools and organizations throughout the United States.<\/p>\n

Small has a graduate degree in communication, with a specialty in interpretation and performance studies, and has directed Playback Theatre, Bibliodrama, and Boal-based sociodrama. He has formerly served as a university lecturer and a Seventh-day Adventist minister.<\/p>\n

Admission to the program is $6. For more information, please call Tusculum College Arts Outreach at 423-798-1620 or email jhollowell@tusculum.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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