歪歪漫画

The Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning will present Chuck Johnson鈥檚 one-man play 鈥淭he Night Before Gettysburg鈥� from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, at the Event Room in Park Rapids.

The original, one-act play is a historically accurate reconstruction of Nov. 18, 1863 鈥� the day before Abraham Lincoln is to give 鈥渁 few appropriate remarks鈥� at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.

It鈥檚 bedtime, and the speech isn鈥檛 done. It鈥檚 been a bone-wearying day that began in Washington, D.C., and ended in Gettysburg, Pa. As Lincoln works on his speech, racism, slavery, war carnage and the deaths of two of his children tear at his soul.

As Lincoln asks himself 鈥淲hat is slavery? Why is slavery?鈥� and answers those questions, you will see the man Lincoln was, what he stood for and the burdens he carried as he worked hard to reunite America.

The program is open to the public, free of charge and handicap accessible.