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BICENTENNIAL CALENDAR

8/1/2008

Lincoln Bicentennial Playwriting Competition
Ragged Edge Community Theater

8/2/2008

Stitches in Time
Springfield, IL

8/7/2008

Looking for Lincoln Wayside Exhibit Dedication
Gov. Duncan Mansion in Duncan Park - Jacksonville, FL

8/8/2008

Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation
Lexington, KY

Lincoln Walking Tours
Lexington, KY

8/9/2008

Lincoln Dance Workshop
Lexington Public Library

Lexington Walking Tours
Lexington Public Library - Lexington, KY

8/10/2008

Bluegrass Jam
Lerna, IL

8/16/2008

Tour de Lincoln - Day 1
Hodgenville, KY to Tell City, IN

8/17/2008

Tour de Lincoln - Day 2
Tell City, IN to Huntingburg, IN

8/18/2008

Tour de Lincoln - Day 3
Hungtingburg to Vincennes, IN

The Civil War, Communicating History through Music
Bardstown, KY

8/19/2008

Tour de Lincoln - Day 4
Vincennes, IN to Marshall, IL

8/20/2008

Tour de Lincoln - Day 5
Marshall to Decatur, IL

8/21/2008

150th Anniversary of the First Lincoln-Dougles Debate
TBA

Tour de Lincoln - Day 6
Decatur to Springfield, IL

8/22/2008

Abraham Lincoln: The Kentucky Repertory Theater
Horse Cave, KY

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Weekend - Ottawa
Ottawa, IL

Tour de Lincoln - Day 7
Springfield, IL

Chris Vallillo - Lincoln Bike Tour Performance
Springfield, IL

Thomas More College Presents Lecture on Lincoln
Crestview Hills, KY

8/23/2008

Lincoln Triathlon Series
New Salem, IL

Kentucky Repertory Theater
Horse Cave, KY

Tour de Lincoln - Day 8
Springfield, IL

Chris Vallillo - Reddick Public Library
Ottawa , IL4:10 PM4:15 PM

8/24/2008

1800s Craft Fair
Lincoln, IL

Kentucky Repertory Theater
Horse Cave, KY

8/25/2008

Abraham Lincoln Elementary Centennial
Highland Park, IL

8/26/2008

Kentucky Repertory Theater
Horse Cave, KY

97th Regimental Band - Lincoln's Tomb
Sprinfield, IL

8/27/2008

97th Regimental Band
Springfield, IL

Town Christening Re-enactment
Lincoln, IL

Kentucky Repertory Theater
Horse Cave, KY

8/28/2008

Kentucky Repertory Theater
Horse Cave, KY

8/29/2008

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Weekend - Freeport, IL
Freeport, IL

Prairieland Chautauqua
Jacksonville, IL

Delaven Fall Festival - Think'n Lincoln
Delaven, IL

A Lincoln Book for Every Student
Jacksonville, IL

8/30/2008

Lincoln Lexington Walking Tour
Lexington, KY

Civil War Reenactment
Phoenix Park - Lexington, KY

Saxton Cornet Band Performance
Lexington Public Library

8/31/2008

Kentucky Repertory Theater
Horse Cave, KY

9/5/2008

11th Illinois Cavalry Co. G
Mt. Pulaski, IL

9/6/2008

Illinois Cavalry Regimental Band Concert
Mt. Pulaski, IL

9/7/2008

Mr. Lincoln-Mr. Douglas: One Act Play
Quincy, IL

Chris Vallillo - Ravinia's Celebration of Summer
Highlands Park, IL

9/8/2008

Elijah & Owen Lovejoy, Anti-Slavery Heroes in Illinois
Jacksonville, IL

9/9/2008

Kentucky Repertory Theater
Horse Cave, KY

9/12/2008

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Weekend - Jonesboro, IL
Jonesboro, IL

Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Contest
Lincoln, IL

9/15/2008

ALBC Commission Meeting
Washington, DC

9/16/2008

Lincoln's Journey of Remembrance
Metropolis, IL

9/17/2008

Lincoln's Journey of Remembrance
Cairo, IL

9/18/2008

Lincoln Sculpture Dedication
Mt. Vernon, IL

9/19/2008

Cemetery Tour
Spring Hill Cemetery

Emancipation Day Weekend
Lexington, KY

9/20/2008

Lincoln-Douglas Sesquicentennial -Charleston, IL
Charleston, IL

Chris Vallillo - Lincoln Douglas Debate re-enactment
Coles County Fairgrounds - Charleston, IL

National Archives Symposium
Washington, D.C.

Lincoln and American Values: A Symposium
National Archives, Washington, DC

Civil War Encampment and Music of the Black Shakers
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill

North Dakota Homesteading Day
Bismark, ND

9/21/2008

Lincoln, Slavery, and the Legacy of Race
Mahomet, IL

Lincoln Speaker Series
Lincoln City, IN

9/22/2008

National ALBC Event - Lincoln & Poetry
Washington, DC

9/24/2008

Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point
N-Y Historical Society, NY, NY

9/26/2008

Chris Vallillo - On the Border
Louisville, KY

Dinner with the Lincoln's
Danville, IL

Gettysburg Museum/Visitor Center Opening
Gettysburg, PA

9/27/2008

Keepin' Up with the Joneses
Gentryville, IN

Civil War Encampment
Colonel William Jones Home, Spencer County, Indiana

Exhibition Opening: "Liberty on the Border"
Frazier International History Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

Gettysburg Museum/Visitor Center Opening
Gettysburg, PA

Lincoln, the Civil War, and Sandburg
Flat Rock, NC

Civil War Era Ball
Rockport, IN

Jacksonville Symphony
Jacksonville, IL

WHAT LINCOLN'S LEGACY MEANS TO ME

Jean Powers Soman

Jean Powers Soman, an author, transcribed the Civil War letters and researched the life of her great great grandfather, Colonel Marcus Spiegel.  Based on these, she co edited the book, A Jewish Colonel in the Civil War.  She has also

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National Teach-In Coordinator Needed
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Rise Up and Hear:  An Evening of Poetry Honoring Abraham Lincoln's Legacy 
Hosted and co-produced by the ALBC, National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation, the event will be held at the Sidney Yates Auitorium in the US Department of Interior.  See calendar to learn more >>> 

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