Dressing in accurate period garb for Sally Mummey's performance is important to her. “All of my clothes are well-researched, so it’s just like you step back to meet me in my time period,” she said. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Sally Mummey, a resident of Bloomfield, Vt., researches historical figures and their environment and embodies the subject as if their knowledge was her own. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Dressing in accurate period garb for Sally Mummey's performance is important to her. “All of my clothes are well-researched, so it’s just like you step back to meet me in my time period,” she said. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Sally Mummey, a resident of Bloomfield, Vt., researches historical figures and their environment and embodies the subject as if their knowledge was her own. (COURTESY PHOTO)
COLUMBIA — History buffs will be treated to a presentation by Sally Mummey as Mary Todd Lincoln, taking place at an afternoon show at the Great North Woods Center for the Arts, 1993 U.S. Route 3, in Columbia on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 2 p.m.
Mummey’s presentation sees her becoming a walking, talking, three-dimensional reenactment of the former first lady as she addresses audiences in the role of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. This one-of-a-kind performance will also feature Civil War-era music played by the local music ensemble North Woods.
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