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Past
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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" |
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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”
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"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)
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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
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WWI historian Paul Osman,“Back Over There - Elkhart’s Sacrifice in WWI” |
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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. |
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High-impact
Meteorology |
“Seeking the Better Angels of Our Nature": Leadership and Character
Lessons from Abraham Lincoln.
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How to be Successful with Native Plants to Support Pollinators
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"The World of Our Amazing Fireflies", presented by Allen Yow |
“Highlights of an Extraordinary Life” |
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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 |
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He will share the untold/
unknown historical facts
of a medical corpsman
during World War II, |
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