ATTENTION ALL TEACHERS
FOR TEACHERS:
October 21, 2008 – COLUMBUS, OH
ABRAHAM LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL UPDATE:
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth this February 2009 with the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission’s free classroom poster! The front side, suitable for classroom display, is a portrait of Lincoln, while the reverse contains resources for educators, offering suggestions for incorporating Lincoln’s legacy into the classroom. To request this poster, please call (202) 707-6998 or visit www.abrahamlincoln200.org and click on For Teachers.
On the website, you can view web resources from educational organizations, search lesson plans, and find event ideas, classroom resources, and sign up to participate in the Lincoln Legacy School recognition program. Schools that apply for the Lincoln Legacy School program will receive a certificate and will be listed in a national register. Join us in celebrating our greatest American president and help our students honor Lincoln's legacy of freedom, democracy and equality of opportunity!
Stay tuned for more Lincoln Bicentennial events around Ohio and around the world! ALSO ON THE WEB: Lincoln Bicentennial sites:
http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/
http://www.CETconnect.org/LincolnLegacy
http://www.nps.gov/abli/bicentennial-commencement-event.htm
Contact: Caroline Van Deusen
http://www.lincolnfriends.org/
Ohio Lincoln Bicentennial Commission state liaison
Abaham Lincoln Bicentennial Event memorialized Lincoln's Funeral Stop
Abraham Lincoln's last stop in Columbus was memorialized on April 29, 2008 with a ceremony reserved for only the most revered of America's fallen leaders.
The memorial included a re-enactment, by the 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery A, of events of April 29, 1865, when 50,000 mourning Ohioans filed past Lincoln's body lying in state in the rotunda. To this day, it is a record for the most people to attend a single Statehouse event.
The uniformed honor guard re-enactors changed every 20 minutes between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. They guarded a mock casket placed in the exact position where Lincoln's body lay in repose.
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, and historian John Ward, an expert on Lincoln's funeral train, also spoke at the observance marking the 143rd anniversary of Lincoln's final visit to Columbus. Goodwin spoke before a private function sponsored by the Ohio Telecom Association and the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at Ohio State University.
Ward offered two 30-minute public presentations in the Statehouse crypt, or basement, describing the Lincoln funeral train that covered nearly 1,700 miles during 20 days, from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Ill., stopping in Columbus and 11 other cities along the way.
The train arrived in Columbus, from Cleveland, about 7:30 a.m. on April 29, two weeks after he was felled by a bullet shot at point-blank range by John Wilkes Booth. Historical records and photos indicate that Lincoln's coffin was taken from the train and mounted on a 17-foot-long hearse pulled by white horses.
The funeral train left for Indianapolis about 8 p.m., then on to Chicago and finally to Springfield for Lincoln's burial on May 4. Lincoln's body was on display in the rotunda from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Lincoln's 200th birthday, on Feb. 12, 2009, will be observed nationally and in Ohio next year in cooperation with the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
Information about Ohio-specific events can be viewed at http://www.ohiostatehouse.org/.
THE KICKOFF: Launch of the Lincoln Legacy: A Cincinnati Celebration of Freedom
On February 8th, 2008 the group of planning members of the Greater Cincinnati “Lincoln Legacy” project assembled for the Kickoff event to announce the beginning of their two-year celebration of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
The Kickoff event was planned around the rededication of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in Cincinnati’s Lytle Park.
The event highlights included an opening and closing of cannon fire as Battery a, 1st Ohio Statehouse Light Artillery shot off two cannons to announce the start of the event and two cannons at the close of the event. Battery A, 1st Ohio Statehouse Light Artillery is a nonprofit volunteer educational organization of American Civil War reenactors based in Columbus.
Master of Ceremonies: Senator Richard H. Finan announced the purpose of the event as “Just as the cannon fire has shaken the Park, the Civil War shook Cincinnati, the country & indeed the world. Outcome may have been very different had Abraham Lincoln not been in the helm as President. Impact of this struggle continues to echo today. While the cause of freedom for which Abraham Lincoln tirelessly fought has advanced measurably in the decades since Lincoln achieved the abolition of slavery, there is an urgent need to recognize that the struggle persists”.
“The purpose of the Lincoln Legacy: A Cincinnati Celebration of Freedom is to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, one of this country’s greatest Presidents, with 2 years of activities that will provide opportunities for the region’s citizens to rededicate themselves to the ideals for which Lincoln ultimately gave his life.”
Master of Ceremonies: Senator Richard H. Finan announced the purpose of the event as “Just as the cannon fire has shaken the Park, the Civil War shook Cincinnati, the country & indeed the world. Outcome may have been very different had Abraham Lincoln not been in the helm as President. Impact of this struggle continues to echo today. While the cause of freedom for which Abraham Lincoln tirelessly fought has advanced measurably in the decades since Lincoln achieved the abolition of slavery, there is an urgent need to recognize that the struggle persists”.
“The purpose of the Lincoln Legacy: A Cincinnati Celebration of Freedom is to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, one of this country’s greatest Presidents, with 2 years of activities that will provide opportunities for the region’s citizens to rededicate themselves to the ideals for which Lincoln ultimately gave his life.”
A diverse alliance of Greater Cincinnati institutions has come together for the purpose of planning the region’s commemoration and celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s treasured legacy. Initial Planning Partners are Susan Howarth, Executive Director of Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation-CET; Gary Zola, Executive Director of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, who is also serving on the National Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; Caroline Van Deusen of Columbus, Ohio State Liaison for national Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial; Ernest Britton, Chief Officer for Community Engagement at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center; Kim Fender Executive Director of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County; Dan Hurley, Assistant Vice President for History and Research at the Cincinnati Museum Center; Joyce Kamen of Kamen Creative. Also assisting in the planning were the Ohio Historical Society, the Taft Museum of Art, and Guy La Jeunesse, Resource Development Consultant to Arts and History Projects
Nick Clooney, broadcast journalist and author gave a brief eloquent and amusing speech about the historic importance of Abraham Lincoln. Then Dr. Gary Zola presented a plaque to Willie Cardon, Cincinnati Park Director, on behalf of all the Legacy Planning Partners. And last, Caroline Van Deusen spoke about planning for the National Lincoln Bicentennial celebration.
For details on all of the Lincoln Legacy events and exhibits, go to www.CETconnect.org/LincolnLegacy ALSO ON THE WEB: Lincoln Bicentennial Related sites:
http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/http://www.ohiochannel.org/your_state/ohio_statehouse/education/abraham_lincoln_at_the_statehouse.cfmhttp://www.nps.gov/abli/bicentennial-commencement-event.htmhttp://www.nps.gov/abli/http://www.kylincoln.org/
http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/http://www.ohiochannel.org/your_state/ohio_statehouse/education/abraham_lincoln_at_the_statehouse.cfmhttp://www.nps.gov/abli/bicentennial-commencement-event.htmhttp://www.nps.gov/abli/http://www.kylincoln.org/
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Liaison has Family Ties with the Lincolns
Ohio’s governor appointed Columbus resident Caroline Van Deusen to be State Liaison for the state of Ohio.
The governor’s office had contacted Caroline Van Deusen after hearing she was to give a talk before a local civic organization about her family’s friendship with the Lincolns. 
Van Deusen’s great-great grandmother was a friend of Mary Todd Lincoln and during the Civil War would visit the troops together. She also comforted the First Lady during the night of the assassination. Though her great grandmother disliked publicity can be seen in "The Death of Lincoln," an oil painting by Alonzo Chappel. She is seated directly in the center of the painting next to a weeping Mary Todd Lincoln, who kneels by her husband's side. Oddly enough, Van Deusen’s great grandfather was editor of the National Intelligencer to whom John Wilkes Booth wrote his murder confession.
Her lively presentation includes a reading of her great grandmother’s eye witness account of the night Lincoln died, family letters, journals, Lincoln memorabilia including a copy Lincoln’s famous “Greeley Letter”. Van Deusen’s family’s connection with the Lincolns will be showcased in an upcoming “Lincoln Friends” exhibit tentatively planned for late 2008.
Raised in West Simsbury, CT Caroline Van Deusen attended college in Boston, MA and New Haven, CT. Caroline Welling Van Deusen is the director of Internet services for Hatfield Auto Group, a group of 6 automotive dealerships in Columbus, OH, owned by Sonic Automotive of Charlotte, NC. She lives with her three children and husband in Grandview Heights, OH.
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/index.php
OHIO: https://www.cetconnect.org/lincolnlegacy/
“Lincoln Friends” lincolnfriends@gmail.com or visit http://www.lincolnfriends.org/ (launch April 08)
Her lively presentation includes a reading of her great grandmother’s eye witness account of the night Lincoln died, family letters, journals, Lincoln memorabilia including a copy Lincoln’s famous “Greeley Letter”. Van Deusen’s family’s connection with the Lincolns will be showcased in an upcoming “Lincoln Friends” exhibit tentatively planned for late 2008.
Raised in West Simsbury, CT Caroline Van Deusen attended college in Boston, MA and New Haven, CT. Caroline Welling Van Deusen is the director of Internet services for Hatfield Auto Group, a group of 6 automotive dealerships in Columbus, OH, owned by Sonic Automotive of Charlotte, NC. She lives with her three children and husband in Grandview Heights, OH.
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/index.php
OHIO: https://www.cetconnect.org/lincolnlegacy/
“Lincoln Friends” lincolnfriends@gmail.com or visit http://www.lincolnfriends.org/ (launch April 08)
Kick-Off Feb. 12th at Birthplace Cabin in Hodgenville, KY
President Bush Expected at Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Kick-Off Feb. 12th at Birthplace Cabin in Hodgenville, KY
WEBWIRE – Wednesday, January 09, 2008
...But Few Know That This Most Famous Log Cabin in U.S. History Nearly Became the Newborn Lincoln’s Tomb
Hodgenville, KY (January 9) – President George W. Bush is expected to join thousands of other visitors and dignitaries attending the opening ceremonies of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial at the Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville on February 12th. But what most of those visitors probably won’t realize is that this most famous log cabin in U. S. history almost became Lincoln’s tomb on the very day he was born.
The little known story of that harrowing day 199 years ago has been preserved in a special Bicentennial audio program, “The Day Abraham Lincoln Was Born", which can now be heard at http://www.LincolnSpeaks.com
“The Day Abraham Lincoln Was Born” recounts how a neighbor, lost in a rare Kentucky blizzard, sought shelter in the Lincoln cabin that day - only to find no fire, no wood, no food, and no supplies in the cabin – and Nancy Lincoln lying half frozen on a straw cot, desperately clutching her almost lifeless newborn baby boy.
The audio, commissioned by Hodgenville gallery owner Jim Erskine, preserves an almost forgotten chapter in the life of Lincoln for a new generation of Americans.
“The hardships and primitive conditions that the Lincolns and many other Kentucky pioneer families faced is almost impossible for us to comprehend today”, Erskine said. “The story of Lincoln’s birth reminds us of how truly remarkable his life was, to have risen from such harsh and humble beginnings to become the most revered President the United States ever had.”
To listen to the audio online and learn more about the two-year Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration which begins February 12th, visit http://www.LincolnSpeaks.com
Related Links
"The Day Abraham Lincoln Was Born" online audio
WEBWIRE – Wednesday, January 09, 2008
...But Few Know That This Most Famous Log Cabin in U.S. History Nearly Became the Newborn Lincoln’s Tomb
Hodgenville, KY (January 9) – President George W. Bush is expected to join thousands of other visitors and dignitaries attending the opening ceremonies of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial at the Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville on February 12th. But what most of those visitors probably won’t realize is that this most famous log cabin in U. S. history almost became Lincoln’s tomb on the very day he was born.
The little known story of that harrowing day 199 years ago has been preserved in a special Bicentennial audio program, “The Day Abraham Lincoln Was Born", which can now be heard at http://www.LincolnSpeaks.com
“The Day Abraham Lincoln Was Born” recounts how a neighbor, lost in a rare Kentucky blizzard, sought shelter in the Lincoln cabin that day - only to find no fire, no wood, no food, and no supplies in the cabin – and Nancy Lincoln lying half frozen on a straw cot, desperately clutching her almost lifeless newborn baby boy.
The audio, commissioned by Hodgenville gallery owner Jim Erskine, preserves an almost forgotten chapter in the life of Lincoln for a new generation of Americans.
“The hardships and primitive conditions that the Lincolns and many other Kentucky pioneer families faced is almost impossible for us to comprehend today”, Erskine said. “The story of Lincoln’s birth reminds us of how truly remarkable his life was, to have risen from such harsh and humble beginnings to become the most revered President the United States ever had.”
To listen to the audio online and learn more about the two-year Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration which begins February 12th, visit http://www.LincolnSpeaks.com
Related Links
"The Day Abraham Lincoln Was Born" online audio
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