The chamber of the Ohio House of Representatives was just one stop on a tour by participants in this year’s national convention of Lincoln re-enactors. They all wore the traditional black suit and black stove-pipe hat that Lincoln was known for.
Among the impersonators was Chester Damron of North Carolina. The 78-year old, who is also a minister, has been portraying Lincoln for nearly 39 years, mostly at schools.
DAMRON: "I teach Abraham Lincoln's values: honesty, integrity, compassion."
Accompanying Damron and the other Abraham Lincoln re-enactors at the Ohio statehouse today were a couple dozen women, also dressed in the style of the mid-1800s. Many of them portrayed the president’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln.
