On Monday, May 9, one week after the Indiana Primary Election, the North Manchester
Historical Society is pleased to host actor and teacher Terry Lynch presenting
Mudslinging, Muckraking and Apple Pie: Presidential Campaigns, the Great American
Pastime. The program will be held in the Assembly Room at Timbercrest Retirement
Center, 2201 East Street, at 6:40 p.m. There is no cost for the program.
It seems now more than ever, presidential campaigns are getting down and dirty. How did
this campaign craziness get started? Believe it or not, elections have actually gotten more
civil over the years! Don’t believe it? In this program, hear stories of the mudslinging and
muckraking of the Jefferson v. Adams campaign of 1800, the Jackson v. Adams of 1828,
the Lincoln v. Douglas of 1860, and Grant v. ANYONE! Also covered in this program is
the 1912 election of Teddy Roosevelt when he decided to start his OWN political party.
Lynch will provide stories of unscrupulous, malicious attacks against presidential
candidates, their families and friends. These attacks were often carried out in the press
and in speeches on the campaign trial.
Lynch has 20 years’ experience as a professional actor in Chicagoland. He has trained at
Northern Illinois University, Second City Training Center, and Improv Olympic. Lynch
has appeared in many roles with Emerald City Theatre and spent seven seasons with
AlphaBet Soup Productions Children’s Theater. He and has performed in professional
theater, radio and television around Chicago including Circle Theatre, Donny’s Skybox,
and National Pastime. He appeared on national television in an episode of Early Edition,
with Kyle Chandler, and has most recently been heard in radio spots for St. Paul Federal
in Chicago and St. Anthony’s Children’s Hospital in St. Louis.
A note to our friends: The North Manchester Historical Society has discontinued its
tradition of hosting a meal before its monthly program.