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Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:26 AM

Photo courtesy of The Franklin County Historical Society


A crowd gathers around the fountain in Forest Park during a Chautauqua in the 1890s. The fountain, which was made of cast metal, was melted down to scrap for use in World War I, Franklin County Historical Society Director Deb Barker said.

Chautauqua: Past meets present

Historic event returns with messages relevant in today’s troubled times

By BRIAN WILLIAMS, Herald Staff Writer

Chautauqua performers photo
Photo courtesy of The Kansas Humanities Council
The Chautauqua performers include Fred Krebs as Louisiana Senator Huey Long, left, Doug Watson as humorist Will Rogers, Patrick McGinnis as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wanda Schell as Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston and Tonia Compton as evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson.
Yesterday and today will collide when the Kansas-Nebraska Chautauqua comes to Ottawa Wednesday through June 7.

The contemporary relevance of the “Bright Dreams, Hard Times: America in the Thirties” Chautauqua hit home for one of the re-enactors after last year’s performances at Lawrence and Beloit.

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