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Past Events

 
Historian Mark Sorensen, "The Secrets of Lincoln's Illinois Photographs". Professor Tony Rothering of LLCC, "Bird Banding at the Elkhart Oasis". Guy Sternberg, "The devastation caused by the emerald ash borer (EAB)". Historical interpreters, Lee & Carol Shafer, "Billy Yank" & "Sarah Bush Lincoln"

Guy Fraker speaking on his
 book:"Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency"
Paul Beaver, Emeritus of Lincoln College, speaking on the Scully's in central Illinois Peter Neihaus, speaking on his years spent in South Africa Dr. Dennis Campbell of Lincoln College speaking on local mammals Karl Luthin, DVM presents “The Perils of Traveling in an 1800’s Winter”
 
6 Feb., 2015 LDN: "From War’s Ashes to the Birth of Lincoln College"

Mt. Pulaski 1850's Courthouse to where
Lawyer A. Lincoln

traveled on the
Illinois 8th Judicial Circuit




“BrothersNotorious- The Sheltons”


"Christmas According to Hollywood"


“An Evening
 with Mark McDonald”

Brian Ellis Explored a Different View of Illinois’ Bicentennial with a Performance of Two Faces
 of Illinois’ History

Rev. Dr. Malcom Shotwell:  Mrs. Lincoln, "A Vindicator"



Chuck McCue: "The Boys from Kentucky" - the Relationship of Richard Oglesby & Abraham Lincoln

William Furry, executive director
of the Illinois State Historical
 Society
will be speaking on
Jonathan Chapman
(Johnny Appleseed)

 


Dr. Michael Burlingame – Friday February 26th – Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln

Court and Karen Conn:
“From Then to Now”

Marcy Brooks: 
"The Gillett Legacy"

“Remembering D-Day at
 Normandy Beach” By Jim Grimaldi

Paula Pugh Romanaux Phd

WWI historian Paul Osman,“Back Over There - Elkhart’s Sacrifice in WWI”
Irish, Celtic, Appalachian
Music at Gillett Chapel
The Battle for
Napoleon Hollow
Ian Hunt ... Abraham
Lincoln & Logan Co.
 The Interurban   CroHurst - the oldest
home in Logan Co.
High-impact
Meteorology

“Seeking the Better Angels of Our Nature": Leadership and Character Lessons from Abraham Lincoln.

How to be Successful with Native Plants to Support Pollinators

"The World of Our Amazing Fireflies", presented by Allen Yow “Highlights of an Extraordinary Life”
 
Mark Sorensen: How the 1893 Columbian Exposition 264-foot-high
steel structure created by Illinois
native George Ferris became the
symbol of Chicago's first world's fair
.
The Restoration of the
 Logan County
Court House
He will share the untold/
unknown historical facts
 of a medical corpsman
 during World War II,
 

          overview of Elkhart          

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