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BICENTENNIAL CALENDAR

1/5/2009

Tea Time with the Lincolns
Boyle County Public Library - Danville, KY

1/6/2009

A House Divided Exhibit
Spokane, Washington

Exhibit - 'Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America'
Old Governor’s Mansion - Milledgeville, GA

Pharaoh’s Army
Boyle County Public Library - Danville, KY

1/7/2009

Exhibit - 'Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America'
Old Governor’s Mansion - Milledgeville, GA

1/8/2009

Exhibit - 'Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America'
Old Governor’s Mansion - Milledgeville, GA

Sleettown: The Birth of a Community
Boyle County Public Library - Danville, KY

1/9/2009

Exhibit - 'Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America'
Old Governor’s Mansion - Milledgeville, GA

1/10/2009

KY ALBC - History Zone: "Fun and Games with the Lincoln Boys"
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History - Frankfort, KY

Exhibit - 'Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America'
Old Governor’s Mansion - Milledgeville, GA

Lincoln Exhibit
Strawn Art Gallery - Jacksonville, IL

1/11/2009

Exhibit - 'Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America'
Old Governor’s Mansion - Milledgeville, GA

Lincoln Lands
Boyle County Public Library - Danville, KY

1/12/2009

Exhibit - 'Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America'
Old Governor’s Mansion - Milledgeville, GA

Games Lincoln’s Sons Played
Boyle County Public Library - Danville, KY

1/13/2009

Exhibit - 'Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America'
Old Governor’s Mansion - Milledgeville, GA

1/14/2009

Exhibit - 'Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America'
Old Governor’s Mansion - Milledgeville, GA

Lincoln in Song
Lerna, IL

1/15/2009

"A Lincoln Portrait" - Tokpeka Symphony Orchestra
Topeka, Kansas

Exhibit - 'Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America'
Old Governor’s Mansion - Milledgeville, GA

Miss Dinnie Thompson: No Ordinary Woman
Boyle County Public Library - Danville, KY

Images of Stephen Douglas
Jacksonville, IL

1/16/2009

Exhibit - 'Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America'
Old Governor’s Mansion - Milledgeville, GA

1/17/2009

KY ALBC - History Zone: "Fun and Games with the Lincoln Boys"
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History - Frankfort, KY

Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln: an Inaugural Celebration
Pen Arts Building - Washington, DC

Film: Young Mr. Lincoln
National Archives - Washington DC

Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln: an Inaugural Celebration
Pen Arts Building - Washington, DC

1/21/2009

Stage Portrayal of Lincoln by Fritz Klein
International Lincoln Center

1/22/2009

Meet Lincoln Historian Phillip Stone
Orange County Regional History Center

National Archives Lecture - John Stauffer
National Archives - Washington, DC

Lincoln’s Moral and Constitutional Dilemmas
Boyle County Public Library - Danville, KY

1/23/2009

Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration Exhibit - Orlando
Orange County Regional History Center

1/24/2009

KY ALBC - History Zone: "Fun and Games with the Lincoln Boys"
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History - Frankfort, KY

Lincoln's Ideals in a New Century Cultural Festival
Spokane, Washington

1/26/2009

Kentucky Chautauqua - "I, too, am a Kentuckian"
Big Sandy Community Technical College - Prestonsburg, KY

Abraham Lincoln in American Art
Jacksonville, IL

The Camera and Abraham Lincoln
Jacksonville, IL

1/28/2009

Tribute to Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Washington, DC Public Library

1/30/2009

Symposium - Lincoln's Constitutionalism in Time of War: Lessons for the Current War on Terror?
Chapman University School of Law - Orange, CA

1/31/2009

KY ALBC - History Zone: "Fun and Games with the Lincoln Boys"
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History - Frankfort, KY

2/1/2009

DEADLINE - Global Essay Contest: Looking for Your Lincoln Hero
Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition

Lincoln Bicentennial Poster Exhibit
Robert R. McCormick Museum at Cantigny - Wheaton, IL

Sunday Afternoon with the Lincolns
MCC Conference Center - Crystal Lake, IL

Lincoln and Will County during the Civil War
Joliet Museum - Joliet, IL

RHODE ISLAND ALBC - Rhode Island in the Time of Lincoln
Woonsocket Museum of Work and Culture, RI

RHODE ISLAND ALBC - Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit

2/2/2009

Exhibit - Ladies of Lincoln’s Era
Mission San Juan Capistrano - San Juan Capistrano, CA

2/3/2009

What Lincoln Should Have Heard - Spokane Symphony
Spokane, WA

Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham - African American contributions during the Civil War
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Ford's Theatre Reopening Performances
Ford's Theatre - Washington DC

2/4/2009

Abraham Lincoln - Smithsonian Education Online Conference Series
Smithsonian Institution - Washington, DC

What Lincoln Should Have Heard - Spokane Symphony
Spokane, WA

Abraham Lincoln Symposium - Emporia State University
Emporia, Kansas

Lincoln the Poet
Springfield, IL

Lincoln Bicentennial High School Choir Festival
Various High Schools - Washington, DC

2/5/2009

Abraham Lincoln - Smithsonian Education Online Conference Series
Smithsonian Institution - Washington, DC

Opening of Forever Free Exhibit at Columbus-Lowndes
Columbus-Lowndes Public Library, Columbus, Missouri

New-York Historical Society Lincoln Series - Lincoln’s Constitution
New York, NY

Holding Hands with History Exhibit
Pritzker Military Library - Chicago, IL

WHAT LINCOLN'S LEGACY MEANS TO ME

Steven Lee Carson

From the plains of the American Midwest to the frozen steppes of Russia to the rice paddies of Vietnam, Abraham Lincoln is known, revered and quoted. This is all the more remarkable considering his harsh impoverished childhood and lack of formal education.

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