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E-SYLUM ARCHIVE
PLAN AHEAD FOR THE FEBRUARY 2009 LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL
Dick Johnson forwarded these thoughts on the upcoming
bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. -Editor
Whatever
organizations you are a member of should be in the midst of their plans
for celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth and the Lincoln
cent's 100th next February. Want to issue a medal? Medal manufacturers
tell me they still have some open press time but it is filling up fast.
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, created by Congress, is
coordinating all the bicentennial activities at every level of society and
every location. Here are some of the projects and cultural events on
tap:- The National Opening Ceremony - Louisville, Kentucky and Hodgenville, Kentucky.
- The Mother's Day Celebration - Lincoln City, Indiana.
- A Dedication Day Ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Lincoln Birthday Celebration in Washington, D.C.
- The Lincoln Memorial Rededication Series - Washington, D.C.
- Joint Meeting of Congress at Statuary Hall.
Other tributes slated for the next two years include:
- A redesigned 2009 cent series and five dollar bill.
- A 2009 bicentennial commemorative dollar coin.
- Four commemorative Lincoln stamps.
- Town Hall meetings in ten different cities.
- A week-long Lincoln Bicentennial Bike Tour, Tour de Lincoln, from August 16-23, 2008 which begins at Lincoln's birthplace in Hodgenville, Kentucky and concludes in Springfield, Illinois.
- A Lincoln Poetry Evening in Washington, D.C. - September 22, 2008.
- A nationally televised .Teach-in. for students and teachers on February 12, 2009.
- A global conference at Oxford University - July 3-5, 2009. An international symposium in Paris, France.
An example of a local event is by the Putnam Museum in Davenport, Illinois. It is planning a full day for kids age 7 to 11 in the Quad City area. For February 15 they are planning "Penny Science" in honor of Lincoln's 200th and the Lincoln cent's 100th. There will be, according to their announcement, "games and hands-on activities featuring trivia and amazing experiments with that common copper coin." Whatever your plans, tell it to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission at www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/contact-us.aspx
They want to learn of everything that honors Lincoln and the Lincoln cent. Tell 'em. For the Putnam Museum announcement, click on: Explore science at the Putnam (http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=406282)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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