Deb,
No, I cannot help you with the 1970s revival.
However, when I served as a Life Trustee [1995-2000]
for the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in
Carnegie, Pennsylvania, I suggested commemorative
performances of "Our American Cousin" in our Music
Hall for the 135th anniversary of the tragedy, on 2000
April 14.
The performances that weekend served as a fundraiser
for the restoration of Civil War artifacts in the
Library's Civil War Museum, the Captain Thomas Espy
Post, No. 153, Grand Army of the Republic.
This GAR Post was moved to the Library in 1906 and
continued until the last Civil War veteran died in the
1930s. Following his death, arrangements had been made
that the Civil War relics would become the property of
the Library and that the Library should use the Post
room as a public museum.
Well, in the 1930s the Library barely had enough money
to stay open. So, they just closed the Post room as it
was, and it stayed that way for nearly 50 years.
In the 1980s, several people, including Civil War
reenactors, developed an interest in restoring these
artifacts for the Library's public museum. So, they
opened this room, which was, in essence, a time
capsule from the 1930s [except there was soot
everywhere!]. It is considered the last GAR Post in
its original condition and original location in
Pennsylvania--if not in the entire nation.
Little by little, the artifacts are being restored and
the museum is open to the public from time-to-time.
For a couple years when I was on the Library Board of
Trustees, I coordinated weekly openings to the public.
You can read the news release about the "Our American
Cousin" commemoration exactly 135 years later at:
<
http://garespypost.tripod.com/NR2-AmericanCousin.html
>
You can learn more about this Civil War Museum at:
< http://garespypost.tripod.com >
gaw
--- Deb Fuller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:44:44 -0400
From: "Deb Fuller" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Revival of "Our American Cousin"
at Ford's Theater
To: [log in to unmask]
> Hi all,
>
> Random question here. Does anyone know about the
> revival of "Our
> American Cousin" at Ford's Theater that was done
> back in the 1970s?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> deb
gaw
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