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Olmsted and Whitman - The Civil War Years

“Olmsted and Whitman” - The Civil War Years -- Two One-Man Shows by Gerry Wright will be presented on Sunday, April 22nd, 7 PM at the First Church in Jamaica Plain, Eliot and Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA (Wheel Chair Accessible). Admission is Free. Play followed by Olmsted 2022 Forum on future of Emerald Necklace. Co-sponsored by the Friends of Jamaica Pond, Olmsted 2022 Project, Arborway Coalition, Community Care Institute, Jamaica Plain Forum, First Church of Jamaica Plain Unitarian-Universalist. Frederick Law Olmsted and Walt Whitman were two monumental forces in the 19th century and their legacies live on into the 21st century. The plays explore Olmsted’s and Whitman’s lives, works and convictions that Humanity was rooted in Nature. Follow Olmsted’s and Whitman’s parallel lives during the Civil War conflict, poignant hospital visits with soldiers, and the national trauma of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Play followed by Olmsted 2022 Forum on future of Emerald Necklace.

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