13-05-2025
Volunteers revive history in Carthage for Great Americans Day
CARTHAGE, Mo. — History comes alive at the park in Carthage.
Central Park was the site Tuesday for the annual 'Great Americans Day.' It's put on every year by the Carthage Intermediate Center and, once again, featured volunteers who portrayed the likes of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Diamond's own, George Washington Carver.
This event highlights the importance of historical figures — and the values that made them important in America's history. It's also part of the Living History field trip for local schools.
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Andi Edwards played the role of the woman who founded the American Red Cross, Clara Barton.
'I do it because our kids today and all of us are so inundated with hard stories, stories of stress and strife across our nation in the world. But it's important that we talk about our history as a nation and the people who built it and inspired the great things in our nation, how they were built and why they did what they did. We need inspiration,' said Edwards.
'I think they should do something like this because it can help them learn like the great Americans that helped make a difference in the world and like, helped what we do now,' said Haedyn Duncan, Carthage 5th grader.
The Intermediate Center has hosted this event since 2002.
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