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BICENTENNIAL CALENDAR

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

5/31/2008

Unveiling of "young Lincoln" statue
Hodgenville Town Square

6/1/2008

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

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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