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Logan
County Genealogical & Historical Society
celebrate President Abraham Lincoln’s
Birthday
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 [February
14, 2020]
To say that the weather was somewhat
nasty on Wednesday afternoon in Logan
County would be an understatement. That
nastiness may have been the primary
reason for a light turnout at the Logan
County Genealogical & Historical Society
Lincoln Day open house. Even so, the
volunteers on hand were enjoying the day
and taking advantage of every
opportunity to share their knowledge of
our 16th President and our local
community with visitors.
The open house began at 2 p.m. on
Wednesday and wrapped up around 4 p.m.
Volunteers on hand for the afternoon
included Roseann Coers, Curt Dobihal,
Bill Donath and Diane Farmer.
Guests were welcomed inside and offered
sweet treats and warm cider as they
visited with volunteers and took a look
around at the items on display.
The society was also offering something
special for a $25 donation. Plaster
busts of Abraham Lincoln had been
acquired from the Charlie Ott estate,
and volunteers had mounted them in
shadow box frames. The framed busts were
very eye catching and got plenty of
attention from visitors.
In addition, the society had a number of
other items on display including a
family tree of the Lincoln family.
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Bill Donath was showing guests laminated
copies of Lincoln Evening Courier from
1853 that included photos of the
founders of the city of Lincoln. Donath
said that the newspapers had been
donated to the society by historian
Leigh Henson.
The society offers one room that is
dedicated solely to Abraham Lincoln and
guests were encouraged to spend time
looking at the many memorabilia items
such as a collection of Lincoln plates,
and some very attractive folk-art style
caricatures of the President and many,
many other items.
The room also includes a library of
books pertaining to the President, as
well as his life in Illinois and his
relationship to the town of Lincoln.
For anyone who has not ever made a stop
at the society, please consider doing
so, especially if you have an interest
in Mr. Lincoln, Logan County and its
communities, or the people of the
county.
The society does extensive genealogical
research and has a large collection of
books to search through when seeking to
fill in local family histories. The
volunteers will also assist with the
searches and offer their knowledge of
the communities in the county to those
who are seeking to find their roots.
The society also offers a large
selection of fact based books about our
local communities written by local
authors.
The Historical Society center is located
at 114 North Chicago Street in Lincoln.
The center is open on Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday each week from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m.
[Nila Smith]
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