Abraham Lincoln Association continues celebration
Credit: AP
In this image provided by University of South Carolina. Abraham Lincoln is shown. Nearly 200 photographs that famed Civil War diarist Mary Boykin Chestnut collected to illustrate her epic story have been reunited with her original journals, 125 years after her death. Chestnut's descendants have given the photos to the University of South Carolina, where several dozen will be on display through Jan. 31. Chestnut's journals have been at the university since the early 1960s. Her great-great grand-niece Marty Daniels says the photos confirm and illustrate Chestnut's panoramic view of the Civil War as a great epic tragedy. The images include Abraham Lincoln, Gen. Robert E. Lee, secessionist leaders, and the heads of other nations. The donation comes four years after the family won the three albums at auction. Considered lost to history, the albums had been advertised on eBay in 2007. (AP Photo/University of South Carolina)
Associated Press
Posted on February 12, 2012 at 11:10 AM
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Abraham Lincoln Association is continuing its celebration of the 16th president's 203rd birthday.
A banquet will be held Sunday evening at the President Lincoln Hotel in Springfield.
The dinner speaker will be Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin.
Other events Sunday include a round table of speakers from the two days of programs.
Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809.
Illinois government offices will be closed Monday in observance of his birthday.
Lincoln's Birthday isn't a federal holiday and is only observed in a handful of states.
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Online: http://www.abrahamlincolnassociation.org
