News Archives

• Capitol City Celebration July 3 & 4, 2009
  
  
  

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• Upcoming Events and News from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
  

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• Lincoln Days in Pike County, Civil War Reenactment, June 6-7, 2009
  

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• Banners from Springfield's Farewell to Lincoln on Display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
  

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• Lincoln Connection Extends to Hawaii
  

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• Lincoln Bicentennial Benefit Run in Indiana
  

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• Civil War Medical Reenactment at the Old State Capitol, June 5-7, 2009
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      - Press Release: Just what the Civil War doctor ordered
      - Press Release: We want to keep you in "Stitches"
  

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• Holding Hands with History
  

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• Booklist magazine issues a "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" bibliography
  

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• February 12 Simultaneous Reading of the Gettysburg Address

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• Lincoln’s 200th Birthday Celebration with Smithsonian Journeys
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• National Bicentennial Commission Poster for Teachers

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• Rally at the Courthouse in Lincoln, Illinois
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• Ravinia's Lincoln Trio to perform at the Illinois State Museum

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• Doris Kearns Goodwin at SIU-Edwardsville on February 5, 2009

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• Lincoln Forum Program at the University of Illinois, Springfield

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• A Holiday Celebration - 1850's Style

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• "Springfield Walks" -- Springfield's premiere and first walking tour venue that provides visitors all the history and mystery Springfield has to offer!

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• Illinois Bicentennial Envelope Art Contest

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• Abe's Corn Maze in Springfield

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• Lincoln's Journey of Remembrance Visits Southern Illinois

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• Illinois Bicentennial Commission Announces Events

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• Quiddity Call for Submissions: Poetry, Prose, Artwork

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• Road Scholars Speakers Bureau - Find out how to bring Lincoln speakers to your community

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• Sister Cities and Lincoln 2009

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• Lincoln's Illinois - a special Bicentennial exhibit February - December 2009 at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield exploring the social, cultural, historical and environmental contexts of Illinois during the Lincoln era (1830 - 1861)

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• Tour de Lincoln - Lincoln Bicentennial Bike Tour through Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana

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• House Divided Speech Sesquicentennial, June 14-16, 2008 at the Old State Capitol in Springfield

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• Celebrating the Bicentennial in Decatur!
  Exhibit | Music & Theatre | Arts Festival

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• Illinois Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs Compete in Lincoln Scholastic Bowl

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• Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Announces Grant Recipients

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• The Abraham Lincoln Association Celebrates 100 Years
• Loyola, Lincoln & Leadership

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• The Turning Point: Quincy's Lincoln-Douglas Debate Symposium, February 2, 2008

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• Prairie Fire Brings Life to Lincoln
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• Ravinia Festival commissions Bill T. Jones to create new work on the life of Abraham Lincoln

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• Lincoln Bicentennial grants available for Illinois Communities

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• Grants Awarded

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• Federal Announcement

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• Commission Creation

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• Mystic Chords of Memory

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• Web Announcement