photo by: Mike Yoder

Abraham Lincoln re-enactors — plus some re-enactors of his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln — walk from the Lecompton Methodist Church to Constitution Hall on a visit to the northwest Douglas County community on Saturday, April 23, 2022. The re-enactors are from the Association of Lincoln Presenters, who are having their annual conference in Leavenworth.

Abraham Lincoln re-enactors — plus some re-enactors of his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln — took a day trip to Lecompton on Saturday, where they visited historic sites and watched a play about the Bleeding Kansas period performed by area actors. The re-enactors are from the Association of Lincoln Presenters, who are having their annual conference in Leavenworth.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Abraham Lincoln re-enactors — plus some re-enactors of his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln — have a group photograph taken inside the Lecompton Territorial Capital Museum on Saturday, April 23, 2022, after watching a play about the Bleeding Kansas period performed by area actors. The re-enactors are from the Association of Lincoln Presenters, who are having their annual conference in Leavenworth.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Tom Wright, an Abraham Lincoln re-enactor from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, runs after his wife’s hat, which was blown off her head by strong winds, during a visit to Lecompton on Saturday, April 23, 2022. Tom and his wife, Sue Wright — a Mary Todd Lincoln re-enactor — are members of the Association of Lincoln Presenters and were visiting the community during their annual conference in Leavenworth.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Seated from left, Tom Wright, an Abraham Lincoln re-enactor from Oak Ridge, Tennessee; his wife, Sue Wright, a Mary Todd Lincoln re-enactor; Steve Germes, of Topeka, portraying Gov. Charles Robinson; and his wife, Sara Germes, portraying Mrs. Sara Robinson, visit before a presentation inside Constitution Hall on Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Lecompton. The Wrights were traveling with a group of Lincoln re-enactors from the Association of Lincoln Presenters. The Germes are area actors who performed a play about Bleeding Kansas for the re-enactors group.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A Lincoln re-enactor from the Association of Lincoln Presenters stands outside Constitution Hall on Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Lecompton. The association is having its annual conference in Leavenworth, and the itinerary included a day trip to Lecompton.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Angela Carter, left, and Mary Lou Morris, center, chat with Lincoln re-enactor Larry Elliott, of Louisville, Kentucky, in the kitchen of the Lecompton Methodist Church on Saturday, April 23, 2022, during a visit by members of the Association of Lincoln Presenters.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln re-enactors walk past businesses in Lecompton on Saturday, April 23, 2022, during a visit to the community. The re-enactors are from the Association of Lincoln Presenters, who are having their annual conference in Leavenworth.

photo by: Mike Yoder

An Abraham Lincoln re-enactor from the Association of Lincoln Presenters secures his top hat in a stiff wind as he enters Constitution Hall on Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Lecompton. The association is having its annual conference in Leavenworth, and the itinerary included a day trip to Lecompton.