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• American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times (Exhibit) (2/15/2019 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM)
  2/15/2019 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times (Exhibit)

  American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times, a traveling exhibit commemorating President John F. Kennedy’s private life and public trajectory, will open on February 15 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Some of the photographs on display are iconic; others have rarely been seen. Entrance to exhibit is included with museum admission. 

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• Fact vs. Fiction: Lincoln and Kennedy (2/19/2019 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
  2/19/2019 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  Fact vs. Fiction: Lincoln and Kennedy

  Do you know about all the eerie parallels between Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy? Elected 100 years apart, both former boat captains, both replaced by men named Johnson, the list goes on — except the “parallels” are routine coincidences, exaggerations, or outright lies. Join our experts for a fun look at what’s fact and what’s fiction in this famous claim. 

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• Lincoln on the Circuit & Mary Lincoln in the White House (2/26/2019 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM)
  2/26/2019 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

  Lincoln on the Circuit & Mary Lincoln in the White House

  Guy Fraker, J.D., retired attorney, author, and Lincoln historian, will discuss Abraham Lincoln's 20-plus year career as a lawyer and part-time judge on the 8th judicial circuit.

  Kathryn Harris, immediate past president of the Abraham Lincoln Association, and former director of library services at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, will present a first-person portrayal of Elizabeth Keckley, former slave and Mary Lincoln's trusted friend and modiste, who later wrote about her White House years.

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• A Rich and Fertile Land (3/21/2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
  3/21/2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

  A Rich and Fertile Land

  Join Bruce Kraig, Culinary Historians of Northern Illinois, and Michelle Podkowa, DuPage County Historical Museum, as they discuss "A Rich and Fertile Land”. Kraig and Podkowa examine how American food habits transformed the Midwest from virgin prairies to the nation’s farming heartland. Podkowa will talk about how her family’s history is a living example of how this happened and what life is like “down on the farm”.

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• Irish Heritage & History (3/27/2019 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM)
  3/27/2019 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

  Irish Heritage & History

  In celebration of Irish heritage in Illinois, Dr. Eileen McMahon, professor and chair of the History program at Lewis University, will discuss her research on the parish communities found along the Illinois & Michigan Canal, and the Irish immigrants who built this vital passageway.

  Dr. Theodore Karamanski, professor of History and Public History Director at Loyola University Chicago, will present on the Irish in the Civil War. Live music by ​Wild Columbine.

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