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BICENTENNIAL CALENDAR

5/1/2008

Exhibition Opening: "Lincoln and Alexander"
TBA

Lincoln Artifacts Display
Old Fort Harrod State Park

Opening of "General Burbridge's Slaves and Soldiers: Lincoln's Legacy in Logan County"
Russellville, KY

5/2/2008

Little Lady on Eighth Street
Springfield, IL

5/3/2008

Stitches in Time Series
Springfield, IL

19th Century Military Muster
Lerna, IL

C-SPAN's Lincoln 200 Years
Washington, DC8:00 PM10:00 PM

5/9/2008

Lincoln Bicentennial Encampment
Lincoln City, IN

5/11/2008

Mother's Day Celebration
Lincoln City, IN

National Signature Event: Mother's Day Celebration
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City, Indiana

5/13/2008

The Legacy of 1858: The Lincoln and Douglas Debates
Kirby Auditorium - Annenberg Center for Education and Outreach

5/15/2008

Bite of History
The Frazier International History Museum

5/18/2008

Lincoln Speaker Series: Facing Lincoln's Neighbors
Lincoln City, IN

5/20/2008

Book Discussion - James McPherson
Hardin County Public Library - Elizabethtown, KY

5/22/2008

Documentary Film - Lincoln Speeches
Hardin County Public Library

Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America
New York Historical Society

5/24/2008

Lincoln Bicentennial Concert Featuring Suzy Bogguss
Lincoln City, IN

5/27/2008

Lincoln's Great Fair
Independence Mall - Philadelphia, PA

5/31/2008

Unveiling of "young Lincoln" statue
Hodgenville Town Square

6/1/2008

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: SELF-MADE IN AMERICA" BICENTENNIAL TOUR
Traveling Exhibit

97th Regimental String Band
Throughout the US

6/2/2008

Reinterpretation of Farmington Historic Home Plantation
Louisville, KY

6/3/2008

Lincoln and the Frontier Interpreters Workshop
Lincoln City, IN

6/4/2008

Lincoln and the Frontier Interpretive Workshop
Hodgenville, KY

6/5/2008

Jefferson Davis Bicentennial Luncheon & Program
Riverview at Hobson Grove

6/6/2008

Exhibition Opening: "Portraying Lincoln"
Madden Art Center, Decatur, Illinois

Stitches in Time Series
Springfield, IL

6/7/2008

Jefferson Davis 200th Birthday Commemoration
Kentucky

Kentucky Historical Society's HistoryMobile
Old Fort Harrod State Park

6/8/2008

History in Stone
Shelbyville, IL

Vintage Style Show
Mt. Pulaski, IL

6/9/2008

Lincoln and the Frontier Interpretive Workshop
Springfield, IL

6/12/2008

Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Hardin County Public Library - Elizabethtown, KY

Lincoln on the Circuit Teachers' Workshop
Urbana, IL

6/13/2008

The Great American Brass Band Festival History Conference
Danville, KY

6/14/2008

Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Wedding Celebration
Lincoln Homestead State Park

Old Glory Festival
Bement, IL

Peter Cartwright: Lincoln's Political Contemporary
Mt. Pulaski, IL

House Divided Speech Commemoration
Springfield, IL

WHAT LINCOLN'S LEGACY MEANS TO ME

Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.

My family’s experience in the civil rights movement, which Lincoln so inspired, has shaped my thinking and guided my work as a member of Congress.  Likewise, my belief that history – and in particular, Abraham Lincoln – holds relevance to our lives has played a significant part in my development as a person.  I believe Lincoln’s leadership as president, his wisdom, and his belief in the bedrock American principles of freedom and democracy are all guideposts we can continue to follow today in building a more perfect Union.

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