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13 July, 2017 New HeraldNews:  The Lincoln Heritage Museum at Lincoln College is proud to present their third installment of the "Learn from Lincoln, Live like Lincoln” Lecture Series on Friday, July 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Heritage Museum on the historic campus of Lincoln College.

The speaker will be Professor Emeritus, Paul Beaver, former Lincoln College professor and past Director of the Lincoln College Museum. A life-long Logan County resident, Beaver has co-authored several books including: A Pictorial History of Logan County; Lincoln, Illinois, A Chronology 1853-2003; and Abraham Lincoln in Logan County Illinois 1834-1860.

At this free community event, he will be discussing Mr. Lincoln’s unique ability to inspire courage from American citizens, both locally and nationally, during the Civil War. Beaver will also be discussing the similarities between Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt in how they could inspire normal everyday citizens to display courage. For questions, please contact the Lincoln Heritage Museum at Lincoln College at museum@lincolncollege.edu or (217) 735-7399


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OLD  LINCOLN  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH  WAS  SITE  OF  LOGAN  COUNTY  SEAT (1857-1858)
27 Apr., 2017 LDN:  On  Wednesday representatives from the Route 66 Heritage Foundation, Looking For Lincoln, The Route 66 Scenic By-Ways, and the Lincoln Christian Church gathered in front of the Mill on Route 66 to announce a long lost Abraham Lincoln artifact has been found. Comments made by Geoff Ladd and Bill Kelley indicate that the plaque was found in a collection of items that had been donated to the Mill. The Mill has no idea who gave the donation, but Ladd said when they saw the plaque they knew right away that it had to be given back to the rightful owners - the Christian Church. 

The plaque testifies that in 1857 and 1858, after a fire destroyed the Logan County Courthouse, court was held at the church and that Abraham Lincoln heard cases in the church. The plaque will now be placed on display in the church.
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Photo by  Nila Smith        (click on image for larger version)

 

Note:  Geoff Ladd, former Logan County Tourism Director & currently volunteer Director of the Mill on Route 66 Committee, has been spearheading the Mill renovation for several years.
         
Presidents of the United States are featured in the February window of the Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society, 114 N. Chicago St. 

Pictures, commemorative plates, and books are displayed in addition to a heart.

Plates featuring Abraham Lincoln are available for purchase.  
18 Jan., 2017 LDN:  Logan County Historical Society begins new year with a little fun: sharing oldest family photos and/or
family history - some of connections to Abraham Lincoln  <-- click here
Lincoln Daily News Photo Album:  <-- click here

Lincoln Quilt pieced by rural Lincoln resident Stacie Wachtel will be on display HERE throughout January. 


Wachtel, a wholesale fabric representative for Wilmington Prints, viewed this snowy rural America anywhere fabric designed by John Sloane, an oil artist, and was inspired to piece together the quilt, adding the Lincoln signage to the Depot.


The quilting was done by Lori Elliott of the Make It So Shoppe in Lincoln.


5 Jan., 2017 LDN:  This "Lincoln" quilt pieced by rural Lincoln resident Stacie Wachtel will be on display at the Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society throughout January.