THE CALENDAR
HISTORY
A Soldier’s Story: Andrew Lewis, 29th USCT Feb 05, 1pm, 62 year-old Civil War veteran reminiscing about his journey from slavery to freedom in the Union Theater. Museum admission. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 212 N. Sixth St, 217-782-5764.
Abraham Lincoln Symposium Feb 11-13, 6:30pm Fri; 8:30am, 11am, 2:30 S, Several lectures at UIS, Lincoln’s Home Old State Capitol and ALPL are free to public, no reservations required. Visit abrahamlincolnassociation.org. UIS Brookens Auditorium, One University Plaza.
Abraham Lincoln’s Farewell Address Feb 11, 11am-11:30am, Citywide, simultaneous reading of Abraham Lincoln’s Farewell Address. You can participate. Thorne Deuel Auditorium. Illinois State Museum, 502 S. Spring St, 782-5993.
Being Harriet Tubman: Stories from the Underground Railroad Feb 03, 7:30pm, Lincoln Library Services Director Kathryn M. Harris, award-winning historian and actress. MacMurray College, Education Complex, Schaeffer Theater, 447 E. College Ave, Jacksonville, 479- 7181.
Lincoln Lecture Feb 11, 9am, Michael Burlingame, Ph.D. UIS Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies presents ‘Lincoln’s Emotional Life.” Free. Lincoln Land Community College, 5250 Shepherd Rd, 217-786-2200.
Lincoln’s Farewell Address National-Simultaneous Reading Feb 11, 11am, This is also a new Guinness World Record attempt as part of the national kickoff of the Civil War Sesquicentennial. 558-8970. The Lincoln Depot, 10th and Monroe.
Royko in Love Feb 05, 2pm, Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko’s love columns read by Kevin Purcell, and Royko’s son David reads love letters of his father’s from Korean War. Free and open to public. Old State Capitol, 1 Old State Capitol Plaza, 217-785-9363.
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