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Plans
build toward blowout Abraham Lincoln 200th
birthday celebration
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[MARCH
27,
2006]
Paul
Gleason, chairman of the Logan County Board's
tourism committee, said that plans are falling
into place for some big celebrations of
Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday.
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| Locally,
the Lincoln Heritage Days, which is celebrated
annually with Fourth of July festivities, is
building toward a big celebration of Abraham
Lincoln's 200th birthday in 2009. This year's
celebration is set to begin on July 1. Several
days of activities are being planned to run
through July 4 in hopes of drawing people in
from around the county.
A special storytelling and activities about
Abraham Lincoln's life in Kentucky and Indiana
is planned at the Lincoln Public Library on
July 1 for 5- to 12-year-olds.
The national celebration will take place
over a three-year period. The kickoff begins
in Kentucky in 2008. The big bash will be at
the Lincoln Memorial in 2009. And Springfield
will probably host the post-celebration in
2010 at the Lincoln Home, the presidential
library and museum, and the tomb.
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I think this county is really blessed to
have four people on the national advisory
committee -- Lincoln College President
Hutchinson, Paul Beaver, Lincoln College
Museum curator Ron Keller and himself --
Gleason said.
There's been a lot of talk in the last few
years to increase tourism, and this is how you
increase tourism: by getting people involved,
things that will get people to come in, he
said.
Every little bit of exposure to Abraham
Lincoln helps. Gleason said they are looking
for ideas for the 2009 big bash in Lincoln. If
anyone has any ideas, just jot them down. I
don't care how big it is, (hesitation) maybe
other than the big old statue, he said.
[Jan
Youngquist]
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