BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20130310T020000 RDATE:20130310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T170000 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T130000 DESCRIPTION:In the midst of the current Presidential campaign\, with the November election and January inauguration coming up\, Macculloch Hall H istorical Museum presents Thomas Nast: President Maker and Campaign Brea ker in the Nast gallery on the second floor of the museum. More than twe nty examples of presidential campaign images from the second half of the nineteenth century are featured in the exhibit Thomas Nast: President M aker and Campaign Breaker. \; The exhibit illustrates the six presid ential campaigns for the twenty year period from 1864 through 1884.  \; The exhibition opens July 22\, 2012 through the election and inaugura tion in 2013 and will close in June 2013.\n \;\nThomas Nast (1840-19 02) was America&rsquo\;s leading political cartoonist in the second half of the nineteenth century. \; From the studio in his Morristown\, N J home\, Nast popularized the symbols of the Democratic (donkey) and Rep ublican (elephant) parties that continue more than a century later.  \; Nast\, a staunch Republican\, illustrated his views of the presidenti al campaigns for Harper&rsquo\;s Weekly. \; He supported the candida te he felt would best serve the country. \; The power of Nast&rsquo\ ;s pen was evident &mdash\; each candidate that he supported went on to become the President of the United States. \; Equally important were the scathing cartoons Nast drew of the candidates he did not support.\n During the presidential campaigns and elections of 1868 and 1872 Nast st ayed true to the Republican Party and supported Ulysses S. Grant. \; This helped Grant\, a personal friend of Nast\, to win both elections.& nbsp\; The exhibit features Nast&rsquo\;s images of Grant as well as cam paign banners for Grant and one of his rivals\, Horace Greeley. \; I ncluded in the exhibit is a personal letter in Grant&rsquo\;s hand to Th omas Nast accepting an invitation to the artist&rsquo\;s Morristown mans ion.\n \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;&nb sp\; \;\nThomas Nast continued to support the Republican Party in th e election of 1876 and helped to elect Rutherford B. Hayes. \; This election against Samuel Tilden was a fierce battle with scandals about v ote tampering surrounding each man. \; &ldquo\;Another Such Victory\ , and I am Done&rdquo\; was published in the March 24\, 1877 edition of Harper&rsquo\;s Weekly\; it depicts a battered elephant to show how toug h the election was for Hayes\, Nast\, and the entire Republican Party.&n bsp\; During the election of 1884\, Nast temporarily broke with the Repu blican Party and supported the Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland.&nb sp\; Nast felt Cleveland would best serve the country\; through his cart oons\, Nast may have influenced the race and helped Cleveland win. \ ; Macculloch Hall Historical Museum holds America&rsquo\;s largest colle ction of artwork by Thomas Nast. \; Museum founder W. Parsons Todd b egan the collection with purchases directly from the artist&rsquo\;s fam ily. \; With recent acquisitions\, the Nast collection at the Museum numbers more than 3\,500 items. \; This topical exhibit is open dur ing touring hours Wednesday\, Thursday and Sunday afternoons from 1pm &n dash\; 4pm.\n \;\nMacculloch Hall Historical Museum continues to com memorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with the exhibit The Oth er Side of War: The Civil War on the Home Front. \; The exhibit incl udes letters from soldiers writing home asking for various supplies unav ailable through traditional army supply channels. \; One of these me n\, Lindley Hoffman Miller who lived at Macculloch Hall\, wrote letters and poems home describing his experiences as a white officer of a regime nt of black troops. Robert Gould Shaw\, who led one of the first black r egiments (upon whom the movie Glory was based)\, his sister Josephine Sh aw Lowell and her husband Charles Russell Lowell shared intriguing stori es of heroism on the battlefield and taking place at home with one anoth er. \; Civil War poetry by Walt Whitman (who served as a Civil War n urse) and others is on display. A nurse&rsquo\;s lamp is also featured a nd illustrates the importance of nurses and the Sanitary Commission duri ng the war. The exhibit includes photographs of women and children left at home\, as are the stories of the Macculloch grandsons who served.&nbs p\; Engravings by Thomas Nast and Winslow Homer help to illustrate the i mportance of the home front and the roles women played to help the soldi ers at the war front. \; Open during touring hours. \;\n \;\ nMacculloch Hall Historical Museum preserves the history of the Maccullo ch-Miller families\, the Morris area community\, and the legacy of its f ounder W. Parsons Todd through its historic site\, collections\, exhibit s\, and educational and cultural programs. The Museum is open to tour th e house and view exhibits on Wednesdays\, Thursdays &\; Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Adults $8\; Seniors &\; Students $6\; Children 6 &ndash\; 12 $4. Members and children under 5 are free. The last tickets for admi ssion are sold at 3 p.m. School tours\, adult/senior tours and rentals m ay be scheduled by appointment. Call (973) 538-2404 ext. 10\, visit our website www.maccullochhall.org or find us on Facebook. \; Macculloch Hall Historical Museum\, 45 Macculloch Ave.\, Morristown\, NJ 07960.&nb sp\; Macculloch Hall Historical Museum is a nonprofit educational affili ate of the W. Parsons Todd Foundation.\nImage courtesy of Stan Freeny URL:http://newprovidence.patch.com/events/macculloch-hall-historical-muse um-presents-thomas-nast-president-maker-and-campaign-breaker-e195ef9f SUMMARY:Macculloch Hall Historical Museum Presents "\;Thomas Nast: Pr esident Maker and Campaign Breaker"\; LOCATION:45 Macculloch Ave\, Morristown\, NJ 07960: 45 Macculloch Ave\, M orristown\, NJ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR