Saturday
and Sunday September 29 and 30 and
October 6 and 7, 2012
Tour Times: 11:00 a.m. and
2:00 p.m. each day
Location: Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery
302 E. Miller Street,
Bloomington,
(three blocks east of Gene’s
Ice Cream Drive In)
Tickets: Tickets
can be purchased at the following
locations:
The Garlic Press in Normal
Casey's Garden Shop in Bloomington
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
McLean County Museum of
History
Check or cash
preferred.
$14.00
general public
$12.00 museum members
$4.00 kids
.
Advanced
Ticket Discount:
Receive
$2.00 off the
public and
member tickets
when purchased
at least 24
hours before
the
performance. No
additional discount for
students
Scroll down
for brief biographies of
this years characters!
Voices
from the Past brings
history to life through
costumed actors assuming the
intriguing characters of
McLean County’s ancestors in
the beautiful grounds of
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery.
It’s a great opportunity to
learn about the people who
contributed to central Illinois’
colorful history. Put on your
walking shoes and bring your
family to participate in this
fascinating, award-winning
outdoor theater program.
A
collaboration between the
McLean County Museum of
History, Illinois Voices
Theatre and EvergreenMemorialCemetery
2012 FEATURED
CHARACTERS
Madame Annette A
pseudonym from the Daily
Bulletin, carried out interview
with a wide variety of McLean County
luminaries. Because she used a pseudonym,
her true identity was never revealed. She
talks at length with Sophia
Huggins (1831-1903), a well known
fortune teller, about her clients and the
psychic advice she gave them both for
personal and business mattes
*
Gerald "Jerry"
Wonderlich (1889-1937) A champion
racecar driver in the 1920s, he risked
life and limb as a stunt car driver in
movies and intrigued the Hollywood
tabloids with rumors of marriage to a
movie star.
*
Isaac "Ike"
Sanders (1878-1929) An honorable
African American man from Bloomington,
Sander's found himself in deep trouble in
Boston when he defended his sister's
honor. He walked away from his job as
driver for Adlai Stevenson I when he felt
disrespected by Mrs. Stevenson.
After a false start, Sanders ran the very
successful Workingman's Club restaurant
that served both black and white miners
and railroad workers.
*
Charlotte Ann
Scott (1831-1917) The wife of a
prominent judge, she vividly chronicled
life during the early days of
Bloomington's development.
*
Georgina Trotter
(1836-1904) A dynamo of energy who
nursed the injured during the Civil War,
ran a coal, lumber, and grain business
with her brother, and was the first woman
elected to serve on the local board of
education, all while taking in and raising
a girl child on her own.
*
Benjamin
Franklin Funk (1838-1909) "Trott" as
he was known, was the son of prominent,
wealthy early settlers Isaac and
Cassandra Funk. He was a far-sighted and
charismatic politician who greatly
improved living conditions in the growing
town of Bloomington.
*
W. C. Hobbs
(1800-1861) He was one of McLean
County's early cultural leaders. A
dandy, he set the standard for the
etiquette and social life in a growing
town that was eager to set itself apart
from other prairie communities.
*
Join us for the
2012 Discovery Walk!
Call (309)
827-0428
or visit us at:
200 N. Main Street
Bloomington, Illinois 61701
To see biographies of
characters from past walks, click
here.
