Patriotic Program

Every year around President's Day, American Heritage puts a production called "The Spirit Of America Speaks", and every year for the last five I've been there cheering for my girls in their parts.
This year Michelle was in the choir, singing patriotic songs and reciting from the Constitution.
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Next year will be more exciting, because the 5th graders are the ones who act, and so she will be more involved.
I didn't take many pictures because I was taping her while singing, but just for amusement here are other pictures...
Here's Mr. Cornell, the narrator and a U.S.History aficionado(he has his own life-size replica of a Revolutionary War canon...functional...)



Here are some of the Founding Fathers...



And at the end, as a reminder of the sacrifices of those who had gone before us, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech about stewardship for future generations.
This is our principal Mr. Beckwith...



The last song was an arrangement of The Battle of the Republic that brought me to tears...I'm such a sucker!