Press Release
Event Date:
May 9, 2016
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And You Thought Presidential Elections Were Rough
This Year!
On Monday, May 9,
one week after the Indiana Primary Election, the North Manchester
Historical Society is pleased to host actor and teacher Terry Lynch presenting
Mudslinging,
Muckraking and Apple Pie:
Presidential Campaigns, the Great American Pastime.
The program will be held in the Assembly Room at Timbercrest
Retirement Center, 2201 East Street, at 6:40 p.m.
There is no cost for the program.
It
seems now more than ever, presidential campaigns are getting down and dirty. How
did this campaign craziness get started? Believe it or not, elections have
actually gotten more civil over the years! Don't believe it? In this program,
hear stories of the mudslinging and muckraking of the Jefferson v. Adams
campaign of 1800, the Jackson v. Adams of 1828, the Lincoln v. Douglas of 1860,
and Grant v. ANYONE! Also covered in this program is the 1912 election of Teddy
Roosevelt when he decided to start his OWN political party.
Lynch will provide stories of unscrupulous, malicious
attacks against presidential candidates, their families and friends. These
attacks were often carried out in the press and in speeches on the campaign
trial.
Lynch has 20 years’ experience as
a professional actor in Chicagoland. He has trained at Northern Illinois
University, Second City Training Center, and Improv Olympic. Lynch has appeared
in many roles with Emerald City Theatre and spent seven seasons with AlphaBet
Soup Productions Children’s Theater.
He and has performed in professional theater, radio and television around
Chicago including Circle Theatre, Donny’s Skybox, and National Pastime. He
appeared on national television in an episode of
Early Edition, with Kyle Chandler,
and has most recently been heard in radio spots for St. Paul Federal in Chicago
and St. Anthony's Children’s Hospital in St. Louis.
A note to our friends: The North Manchester Historical Society has discontinued its tradition of hosting a meal before its monthly program.
