‘Abe’ ready for July 4 at Rock Ledge
Westsider Merell Folsom is looking forward to being Abe Lincoln again.
Reading the Civil War president's famous Gettysburg Address, he will be among several enactors at the “Old-fashioned Family Fourth of July” Monday, July 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site. “I shave my mustache and whiten my beard,” Folsom said of his preparations. “And the kids stand there and get their picture taken with Abe.” A retired high school teacher who has been enacting Lincoln since the 1980s, Folsom will give his reading at 2:30 p.m. at the old cabin. Also scheduled are carnival games in the barn, wagon rides, blacksmith demonstrations and patriotic music by the Fountain Creek Brass Band. For a full schedule of readings and other activities, call 578-6777. Westside Pioneer article |