This Thursday will mark the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. The event known as the Lincoln Bicentennial, is planned to include numerous events through the Land of Lincoln including a visit to Springfield from President Obama. Follow The Quad on Thursday for our Lincoln Bicentennial special. To calm your anxiety until then, check out the Main Library for a special Lincoln exhibit.
This month, to mark the Lincoln bicentennial on February 12, there is an exhibit of items from the Library’s Illinois History and Lincoln Collections. These materials are displayed on the first floor of the Main Library, both in the Marshall Gallery and in the South Hallway. The cases in the Gallery contain graphics relating to the Lincoln assassination, a subject of perennial interest. Items in the cases and on the wall of the hallway, beginning at the south door, illustrate Lincoln’s political rise, his family, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, the close of the Civil War, and the Lincoln legacy.
