The Lincoln look alike contest

Another event for the 150th anniversary was a Lincoln look-alike contest at the Shriver House.   James Getty, who has portrayed Mr. Lincoln for many years, was one of the judges.  And, you can see we had quite a crowd and local TV filming this event.

 

 This four year old won one of the prizes for most unique.  But the most unique was a couple who had their tiny dogs dressed up in stove pipe hats (Sorry, that picture was a blur.).  The man seen below in the background with the white hankie showing on his suitcoat was the all time winner chosen by the judges.

There was a major disappointment on this day.  A friend was the one heading up the 4th of July local parade this year.  This would have been the first time in 25 years that a 4th of July parade was being done.  Two hours before the parade started, two men crashed a car into a house during a police chase.  They were armed and on the run, so the police said the parade had to be cancelled.  The men were captured within an hour, so it was truly a huge disappointment that the parade could not go on after all.  There were more than 45 entrees and there was going to be a line up of characters covering the American Revolution all the way up to the present.