Kinsman Presentation

Hi folks:

My talk in Kinsman to a crowd of over 100 people went well. However we did have some technical difficulties at first with sound. Once we got that fixed, everything went well.

I spoke at the historical Kinsman Presbyterian Church for the Kinsman Historical Society and I must say, they were wonder hosts. They had a great meal for us before the program and provided a beautiful venue. The Kinsman Presbyterian Church was built in 1831 so it will be a perfect place to film the funeral scenes of Engineering Tragedy.

A special thanks to David Tobias and Fritz Kuenzel for bringing there collection of Ashtabula tragedy artifacts to the presentation for everyone to enjoy. Their collection of rare and wonderfully preserved objects is spectacular and looked great next to the G-Scale model of the Pacific Express #5.

 It was wonderful to speak in a community that has a real connection to the Ashtabula Disaster. Phillip Bliss, who wrote over 300 church hymns was raised as a young boy in Kinsman. He loved music so much that he walked into a women's home who was playing the piano without even knocking. When the woman looked up and saw this young boy standing in her home, she was shocked and chased him out. Little did she know, this young boy would grow up to be one of America's most famous hymn writers. Phillip & Lucy Bliss died in the fiery Ashtabula Disaster and are buried in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, in Ashtabula, OH.  They are in a mass grave with 48 other unrecognized victims marked by a large obelisk in this historic cemetery.
I really enjoyed speaking in Kinsman and hope to film there when our fundraising for the film is complete.



Len Brown
Beacon Productions