'Honest Abe' visits Paton School
Shrewsbury - On Feb. 4, the students at Walter J. Paton School had a special visitor. Rich Arum, an actor from the Historical Perspectives for Children organization, came dressed in costume as U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

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Arum took the students on a journey back to 1865 and taught them what life was like for Lincoln as a young boy and through his presidency.

The visit was funded by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Paton Parent Teacher Organization.