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Teaching Lincoln's Evolving Views on Race (ALPLM Teachers Workshop)
6/29/2021 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Teaching Lincoln's Evolving Views on Race (ALPLM Teachers Workshop)
In this hands-on, interactive session led by ALPLM's Lincoln Historian, Dr. Christian McWhirter, and Director of Education, Heather Nice, participants will engage in a short conversation about historical context before examining a collection of primary sources to evaluate how to teach Lincoln's views on race and slavery.
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Stone Mill Museum Historical Marker Dedication
7/4/2021 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Stone Mill Museum Historical Marker Dedication
Join us on Sunday July 4, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. for the dedication of the Stone Mill Museum historical marker. The brief dedication will be followed by an open house and refreshments at the museum. The public is invited to attend the celebration.

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Stone Mill Museum
315 E. Railroad Street
Sandwich, Illinois 60548 (Map)

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Our Cause is Just: Panel Discussion
7/7/2021 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Our Cause is Just: Panel Discussion
The UIS Center for Lincoln Studies presents a panel discussion on the film “Our Cause is Just” produced by Lincoln Heritage Museum at Lincoln College. “Our Cause is Just” follows the journey of one family during the turbulent times of the Civil War.
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Walk Edgewater: Bryn Mawr Historic District
7/7/2021 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Walk Edgewater: Bryn Mawr Historic District
Bryn Mawr Historic District is the center of Edgewater and Edgewater’s main street. Learn how J.L. Cochran planned to develop Edgewater as a suburb until urbanization happened.
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More than Courage: Sangamon County Veterans Remember
7/14/2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
More than Courage: Sangamon County Veterans Remember
Join the Sangamon Experience and Dr. Mark DePue, a military historian and head of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum’s Oral History Program, for a look back at veterans from Sangamon County. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library collects personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.
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Miner Grade School Historical Marker Dedication
7/15/2021 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Miner Grade School Historical Marker Dedication
Join us on Thursday, July 15 at 1 p.m. for the dedication of the Miner Grade School historical marker.
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Walk Edgewater: Andersonville Historic District
7/17/2021 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Walk Edgewater: Andersonville Historic District
This district exhibits some of the finest commercial architecture built by Swedish architects at the beginning of the 20th century. Also included are a few residential buildings of early construction.
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Summer Music at the Museum
7/17/2021 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Summer Music at the Museum
Live music fills the air with the Springfield Municipal Band playing a variety of popular musical selections to welcome our guests. The band will be performing just outside of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum’s entrance from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
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Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement
7/19/2021 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement
A free concert by award-winning American folksinger Chris Vallillo will be held Monday, July 19, from 1-3 p.m. in Room 206 of the Madison County Courthouse Administration Building. The concert, Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement celebrates the incredible music that came out of the early struggle for equal rights.
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Summer Reading Club: A Wrinkle in Time (Virtual)
7/19/2021 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Summer Reading Club: A Wrinkle in Time (Virtual)
What exactly IS a tesseract? To find out, you’ll have to join the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's Summer Reading Club on Monday, July 19th as we discuss Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel. A new take on the classic, the novel is illustrated by Hope Larson.
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Little Lincoln's Fireside Tales: All About Robots
7/27/2021 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Little Lincoln's Fireside Tales: All About Robots
Little Lincoln’s Fireside Tales returns live to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on Tuesday, July 27 at 10:00 am. This month’s theme is “Robots!”
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St. Andrew’s Summer Book Fair
8/6/2021 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
St. Andrew’s Summer Book Fair
The St. Andrew’s Summer Book Fair will be held on August 6, at 406 Hillsboro Avenue in Edwardsville, Illinois. Hours, by reservation only, will be 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. The number of patrons at any given time will be limited to no more than 30.
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St. Andrew’s Summer Book Fair
8/7/2021 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
St. Andrew’s Summer Book Fair
The St. Andrew’s Summer Book Fair will be held on August 7, at 406 Hillsboro Avenue in Edwardsville, from 9 a.m. until noon.
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Little Lincoln's Fireside Tales: All About Robots (7/27/2021 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM)
7/27/2021 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Little Lincoln's Fireside Tales: All About Robots
Little Lincoln’s Fireside Tales returns live to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on Tuesday, July 27 at 10:00 am. This month’s theme is “Robots!”
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St. Andrew’s Summer Book Fair (8/6/2021 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
8/6/2021 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
St. Andrew’s Summer Book Fair
The St. Andrew’s Summer Book Fair will be held on August 6, at 406 Hillsboro Avenue in Edwardsville, Illinois. Hours, by reservation only, will be 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. The number of patrons at any given time will be limited to no more than 30.
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St. Andrew’s Summer Book Fair (8/7/2021 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
8/7/2021 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
St. Andrew’s Summer Book Fair
The St. Andrew’s Summer Book Fair will be held on August 7, at 406 Hillsboro Avenue in Edwardsville, from 9 a.m. until noon.
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"Remembering Edgewater Beach Hotel" Book Release (8/8/2021 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
8/8/2021 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
"Remembering Edgewater Beach Hotel" Book Release
Please join us at the Edgewater Historical Society Museum on August 8, 2021, from 4-7 p.m., for the release of the new Arcadia book, Remembering Edgewater Beach Hotel.
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Summer Reading Club: The Green Bicycle (Virtual) (8/16/2021 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
8/16/2021 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Summer Reading Club: The Green Bicycle (Virtual)
How determined are you to get what you really want? In The Green Bicycle by Haifaa al Mansour, eleven-year-old Saudi Arabian girl, Wadjda, is driven to get her hands on a green bicycle.
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A 'No-holds Barred' Interview with President/General Ulysses S Grant (Zoom) (9/22/2021 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
9/22/2021 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A 'No-holds Barred' Interview with President/General Ulysses S Grant (Zoom)
Fellow Illinoisan, Ulysses S Grant, is one of the least understood of our American heroes. He is regarded highly by some and scorned by others.
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“Echoes of Yesteryear: A Walk through Oak Ridge Cemetery” (10/3/2021 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
10/3/2021 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
“Echoes of Yesteryear: A Walk through Oak Ridge Cemetery”
The Sangamon County Historical Society will host its popular cemetery walking tour, “Echoes of Yesteryear: A Walk through Oak Ridge Cemetery” from noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, October 3 at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield.
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Civil War Symposium III (10/8/2021 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
10/8/2021 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Civil War Symposium III
Civil War Symposium III

Sponsored by the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County and the Tri-States Civil War Round Table.

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Civil War Symposium III (10/9/2021 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM)
10/9/2021 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Civil War Symposium III
Civil War Symposium III

Sponsored by the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County and the Tri-States Civil War Round Table.

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Civil War Dress From the Inside-Out (Zoom) (10/12/2021 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
10/12/2021 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Civil War Dress From the Inside-Out (Zoom)
Just how many layers did 1860s women wear to achieve that bell-shaped silhouette? Join Illinois State Museum’s Curator of History Erika Holst to find out!
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2021 Mary and James Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series: Lincoln and Anti-racism (10/16/2021 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM)
10/16/2021 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
2021 Mary and James Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series: Lincoln and Anti-racism
2021 Mary and James Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series: Lincoln and Anti-racism
Saturday, October 16, 2021
7:30-9:30 p.m. in the UIS Student Union

Speakers: David Reynolds and James Oakes
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Leclaire Parkfest 2021 (10/17/2021 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
10/17/2021 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Leclaire Parkfest 2021
The 29th Annual Leclaire Parkfest will take place Sunday, October 17 from Noon to 5 p.m. at Leclaire Park on Hale Avenue in Edwardsville, IL.
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