“President Lincoln’s Shrines and Circuses: How Lincoln Commemoration Shaped the American Museum Movement” Presented by Thomas D. Mackie, Jr. Sunday, February 24, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. Meeting Rooms A- B, Allen County Public Library, Main Library Americans’ memory of...
Fall 2018 Lincoln Lore Online
Fall 2018’s Lincoln Lore is now available to view online and download as a PDF. Previous Lincoln Lores are also continually being added online to the Lore Archive.
Civil War Christmases, Lincoln at the Library
Civil War Christmases For Americans, there was little “peace on earth” on the Christmases of 1861, 1862, 1863, and 1864. But even as the Civil War raged, the holiday was celebrated in soldiers’ camps and civilian homes North and South...