The City of Monterey’s Museums & Cultural Arts Division conducted a live reenactment of the 1849 California Constitutional Convention.
Between September 1st and October 13th, 1849, forty-eight delegates representing ten districts of California, met in Colton Hall in Monterey, California to debate complicated issues that would ultimately determine California’s statehood. This reenactment took place on October 16, 2022 at Colton Hall, where 48 delegates debated the decisions that made California a free state.
Adapted by Morgan Stock and Directed by Kevin Hanstick. Narrated by Emma Kuhlman. The delegates are played by:
Robert Feeney as Morton Matthew McCarver, Shane Dallmann as William McKendrie Gwin, Joseph M Ashby as James McHall Jones, Kevin Hanstick as William Edward Shannon, Chris Heimer as Henry Wagner Halleck, Adam Kinkade as Henry A. Tefft, Michael Lojkovic as Charles Tyler Botts, Ron Genauer as Kimball Hale Dimmick, Andres Ortiz as Jose Antonio, Exequiel Carillo, Jeffrey T Heyer as Robert Baylor Semple, Travis Rygg as Edward Gilbert
See original documents, artifacts, and even walk on the same floor as the delegates by visiting Colton Hall in person. More details are available at monterey.org/museums
28 окт 2022
