Lance Presents Abe

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Lance V. Mack

presents

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith,

let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.


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Civil War Reenactments


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Special Events

Minneapolis, MinnesotaAugust 28-September 4, 2008


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With the

Japanese Ambassador to

The United States

In the Oval Office With Harriet from theNational Eagle Center

Lance Speaking as Mister Lincoln


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Civic Fest Executive ProducerGerard McTernan administering

the Oath of Office to Mr. Lincoln


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Schools


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A high honor

A tremendous privilege

A great responsibility

These three phrases best describe

how Lance feels about portraying


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The Most Authentic Abraham Lincoln

Since President Lincoln Himself!

Using Mister Lincolns own timeless

words and wearing period attire,

including President Lincolns signature

stovepipe hat and black frock coat, Lance

has been mesmerizinghis audiences

for more than fifteen years.

Through his stunning physical

resemblance to Abraham Lincoln

(65 in height, weight of 180 pounds),

natural black beard and dignified

Lincolnesque demeanor, Lance

impressively and unforgettably brings

this beloved American icon to lifebefore his audiences very eyes!


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LANCES

CORE PRESENTATION

Official Presidential introduction and awe-inspiring

entrance toHail to the Chief

Patriotic recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance with

the standing audience

Stirring speech about Liberty and the Law

Mister Lincolns autobiographical sketch

The Gettysburg Address

Question-and-answer period

Photo opportunity


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Here are a few brief excerpts fromsome of the many topical selections

with which Lance can customize his presentation:

our democracy and our Nation:

The will of the people, Constitutionally expressed, is the ultimate law for all

gratitude to veterans and their families:

I have been shown a statement from the War Departmentthat you are the mother of

sons who have died gloriously on the field of battleI pray that our Heavenly Father

may leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride

that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom

advice to lawyers:

Discourage litigation! As a peace-maker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of

being a good man. There will still be business enough

the value of reading and education

I have found throughout my life thateverything a person needs to know is in the

booksMy best friend is the man wholl get me a book I havent read yet

God

I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I saw a storm coming,

and I knew His hand was in it


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More topics

for customized presentations:

Abraham Lincoln as a young man

Essay of Advice to Lawyers (1851)

Candidate Lincoln on the Campaign Trail

The First and Second Inaugural Addresses

The Legal History of the American Republic

Slavery

Equal Opportunity for all

Thanksgiving as a National Holiday (1863 and 1864)

The Letter to Mrs. Bixby

Meditations on the Will of God

America as a Nation and Americans as her Citizens Mister Lincolns sense of humor

The Commander-in-Chiefs Correspondence

with General George McClellan


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WHAT LANCES AUDIENCES SAY

We saw Lance perform on the first day of the weekend,and we had to bring our grandchildren to see him the next day!

Iowa Grandparents

Lance makes the best Lincoln Ive seen in more than twenty yearsof Civil War reenacting!Veteran Civil War Reenactor

Lance taught my entire years civics course in less than an hour!Fifth-Grade Teacher, Michigan

Fantastic as our Civil War Commander-in-Chief!Retired Major, United States Army

Lances Abe is a hard act to follow!United States Representative Jim Nussle (R-Iowa)

Mister Mack made me believe I had really met Abraham Lincoln.High-School Senior, South Dakota


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FEES and SCHEDULING

Mr. Macks honorarium varies by event, with someallowance made for the means available to his hosts.

Most single-performance presentations are $500.

School presentations for younger children are informal andparticipatory, highlight readingand education, and include

materials for teachers in-class use before Mr. Macks

visit.

Honoraria for other types of presentations are negotiable.

Lances hosts cover travel, lodging, and board, and his calendar

is always busy around Mister Lincolns Birthday (February 12th),

Presidents Day, and patriotic holidays like Independence Day,

Veterans Day, and Memorial Day.


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I became involved in portraying Mister Lincoln in 1990 or so, when I wasteaching German at the University of Michigan and living very much in what I

have come to call my professorial phase of life: full beard with moustache,

wearing a corduroy jacket with leather patches on the elbows. My wife

commented one day that if I shaved off my moustache, Id look just like

Abraham Lincoln. I shaved it off, and lo-and-behold, there he was!

Shortly thereafter, I attended my first reenactment as a walk-on, just showing

up, and found to my amazement and great pleasure just how delightful and what

an honor it was to be treated like President Lincolnacknowledged by civilians

with a hearty Howdy, Abe, or a sincerely respectful Good afternoon, Mister

President, and saluted by soldiers of all ranks who came to attention when I

approached. I spoke at that event, attended the Ball, and met hundreds ofreenactors and visitors over the course of the weekend. The organizers invited

me back for the next year, and I got paid.

Thats how it all started.

Becoming Abraham Lincoln


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My presentations are all in Mister Lincolns own words, which I have selected from

his collected works, and assembled into thirty-seven pages of presentation material.

Always awed at the Presidents command of English, I have made only minimal

editorial changes to his words, those necessary to make transitions possible or to

update some of his vocabulary (like replacing salubritya word I had to look up in

an unabridged dictionarywith wholesomeness). Despite my graduate degree in

Literature, I know that I cannot match his eloquence, so I dont dare even to try.

Since then, I have performed at hundreds of events, including more reenactment

weekends and school visits than I can count, political functions, and on patriotic

holidays like Independence Day, Presidents Day, Veterans Day and Memorial Day.

Along the way, Ive had a wide range of wonderful experiences when fully in

character and when as out-of-character as I ever am. Even when Im wearing

something as un-Lincolnlike as shorts and a T-shirt, people I pass whisper comments

about me among themselves.


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I have been warmly welcomed at the Lincoln Memorial and chased away

from it by National Park Service Rangers, attracted tremendous attention atthe Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, and nearly (but

thankfully not) caused an elderly black lady to faint at Fords Theatre.

Children have tested the genuineness of my beard, people with serious vision

deficits have caressed my face, and one sweltering summer day in

Washington, a Rostafarian sitting in the shade of a big old tree played The

Battle Hymn of the Republic for me on his flute! Viet Nam Veterans havesaluted me at The Wall, and a cherubic-looking little girl once asked me, in

the complete and serious innocence of childhood, But if youre dead, why

arent you in Heaven with Jesus?

Yes, indeedAbraham Lincolns face is, I once read, arguably the most-recognized face in the entire worldand it is indeed a high honor, a

tremendous privilege, and a great responsibility to wear it and to present him

and his timeless wisdom to the 21st Century.


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For more information or to book an

engagement, please contact Lance in

Marion, Iowa, by:

phone: (319) 378-1313

visiting: www.lancepresentsabe.com

e-mail: [email protected]

cell: (319) 651-3019

See Lance in action as Mister Lincoln at:

www.myspace.com/lancepresentsabe

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