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Where History Comes Alive The home of New England’s living history performers and impersonators. A guild of performing artists and history enthusiasts, who bring politics, arts and sciences to life. An opportunity to meet Queen Elizabeth I, attend an abolition rally or hear Walt Whitman recite a poem may seem highly unlikely, but it is possible. SoloTogether is where you may meet anyone from John Adams to Abigail Whitney. Our artists can transport you back in time to experience the exhilaration of talking to and asking questions of some of the great characters of history. Our performers have entertained and educated across the country at libraries, schools, museums and for civic organizations with programs to complement collections, curricula, exhibits and special events. If you’d like to learn more about bringing one of history’s notables to your organization, please visit our web site at www.SoloTogether .com. See the reverse side of this flyer for a listing of characters and programs that are currently available. SoloTogether.com The Characters and Programs You’ll Find at SoloTogether.com Historical Characters John Adams Grimke Sisters Teddy Roosevelt John Quincy Adams Nathaniel Hawthorne Postman Roulin Louisa Adams Julia Ward Howe Susanna Rowson Louisa May Alcott Janis Joplin Deborah Samson Susan B. Anthony Helen Keller Harriet Beecher Stowe Mary Antin Rudyard Kipling Annie Sullivan P.T. Barnum Hedy Lamarr Anges Surriage Clara Barton Lois Larcom Oney Judge Staines Anne Bradstreet Abraham Lincoln Henry David Thoreau Calamity Jane Cannary Mary Todd Lincoln Sojourner Truth Professor John E Carter Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Harriet Tubman Charlotte Cushman Juliette "Daisy" Low Ann Vassall Mary Dyer Mother Goose Madam CJ Walker Amelia Earhart Mary Lyon of Mount Holyoke Rachel Walker - Paul Revere's Albert Einstein James Naismith Mother-In-Law Ralph Waldo Emerson Bethenia Owens-Adair, MD George Washington Edward Everett Edgar Allan Poe Daniel Webster Margaret Fuller Queen Elizabeth I Walt Whitman Galileo Galilei Rachel Walker Revere Abigail Whitney Isabella Stewart Gardner Mary Rowlandson Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant Eleanor Roosevelt Special Programs A Tribute to Sarah Josepha Hale Food Fancies of the Famous from Night River A Soldier's Mother Tells Her Story Caesar to Sinatra A Search for Justice An Evening of Frost Great American Letters The Seven Stages of Life Cranky Yankees The Golden Days of Radio & TV Shake-Scene Conversations with My Molester Irish Voices Socrates, or The Gadfly Our National Thanksgiving John Horrigan Historical Lectures The Standup Chameleon Folktales from Around the World The Life and Songs of Al Jolson, The Stargazer's Apprentice JoJo's Dreamcart Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor Sweet Freedom’s Songs The Etiquette Expert of 1890 and George M Cohan The Theater of the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s An Evening of Frost The World's Most Generous Cheapskate The Proper Bostonians The ACME Miniature Circus Hail to the Ladies The Proper Ladies: Victorian America The American Dream Here Comes the American Bride in Song A Funny Thing Happened on the Way Magic Lantern Shows Sweet Freedom’s Songs to the White House Mini-Minstrels Yankee Doodle Dandy Dinner at the White House Moving Target SoloTogether.com.

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