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Peter Lindemann — immersed in history
Peter Lindemann, who lives in Schoharie County, is immersed in its history, documented in several books he has researched and written. Lindemann likes looking at big, national pieces of the past through a local lens. As a boy, he was fascinated with Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. His sister, who grew up to become a teacher, gave him a book on the subject. He memorized the Gettysburg Address as a child and today, as he takes on the role of Lincoln for local performances, he recites the address his own way. Rather than words softened into accepted platitudes over time, Lindemann’s Lincoln reads the words as a defiant speech, a rallying cry given at a time when the union could well have been lost. The address is still a needed rallying cry today, Lindemann says after reciting Lincoln’s words in this week’s podcast. On Feb. 25, Lindemann will present a virtual program, sponsored by the Old Stone Fort Museum and the Schoharie County Historical Society, titled “They May Have Found James Tanner’s Legs.” Tanner, a Schoharie farm boy, joined the Union Army in 1861 at age 17.
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Daughter and mother coach dragon-boat paddlers
31:33Anna Judge and Louisa Matthew realize they live in an ageist and sexist society — but, with generous spirits, they are paddling against the current. The mother-daughter duo together coach a crew of dragon boat paddlers. Matthew, the mother, is an art professor at Union College. Judge, her daughter, is a certified personal trainer who led her mother into the sport. “A dragon boat is a 40-foot long, very narrow racing boat,” explains Matthew in this week’s Enterprise podcast. “That became standardized in the 20th Century but it’s based on a thousands-year-old Chinese tradition of racing the big rivers in China.” A dragon boat has 20 paddlers, two to a seat, with a person in the stern who steers and a person in the bow signaling directions, traditionally by drumming. “It’s the national sport of China,” said Judge “so it’s quite big in Asia and has subsequently spread to Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.” It came to the United States through Canada, she said, citing the work of a doctor in British Columbia who changed prevailing medical opinion on exercise for breast-cancer survivors.Angelica Sofia Parker and Elca Hubbard prepare for a pageant while supporting each other
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