Constitution Center celebrates Election Day with presidents of the past
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A young Abraham Lincoln portrayer transforms her appearance with artful face paint during an Election Day visit to the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Historic Philadelphia presidential portrayers Sean Connolly (left) and John Lopes talk on the floor of the National Constitution Center's Grand Hall Lobby during Election Day festivities. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Amelia Broadway of Newtown, Pennsylvania takes the Oath of Office as Abraham Lincoln. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Rylee Decker of Newtown, Pennsylvania, takes the Oath of Office dressed as George Washington. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Amelia Broadway (left) and Rylee Decker of Girl Scout Troop 2945 in Newtown, Pennsylvania, portray presidents Lincoln and Washington during a trip to the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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The Perseverance Jazz Band plays ''Hail to the Chief'' after a swearing-in ceremony at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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George Washington, as portrayed by John Lopes of Historic Philadelphia, addresses a group of Girl Scouts at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Thomas Jefferson portrayer Sean Connolly speaks with a group of youngsters at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Sarah Armenia, 7, of Williamstown, New Jersey, creates a mask of her favorite president at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Amelia Broadway dressed as Abraham Lincoln for her Girl Scout troop’s Election Day trip to the National Constitution Center.
“He’s my favorite president, and he stopped slavery,” she said, although she did not think much of her hero’s beard. “It’s itchy, and it gets in my mouth.”
Amelia had heeded the Constitution Center’s call to visit on Election Day dressed as a U.S. president. Her reward was to stand on a stage in the Grand Hall Lobby and take the Oath of Office, administered by a Thomas Jefferson portrayer. Her friend, Rylee Decker, dressed as George Washington, accompanied her.
Afterward, the Perseverance Jazz Band played “Hail to the Chief,” and she was interviewed by a radio reporter.
“In the end, it is not the years in your life that count, it is the life in your years,” she told the reporter, quoting Lincoln.
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