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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

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

8/27/2008

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

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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