Lewis� history center continues to celebrate Lincoln Bicentennial with scheduled events
Published: February 23, 2009.
91制片厂抯 History Center is presenting several upcoming Lincoln Bicentennial events on the Romeoville campus. 揟he Lincoln Bicentennial provides a great opportunity to gather university professors and leaders from the community,� commented Dr. Dennis H. Cremin, director of the 91制片厂 History Center: Urban, Cultural and Catholic History of the Upper Midwest and assistant professor of history.
At 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, Mark Harmon from the National Trust for Historic Preservation抯 Gaylord Building will conduct a lecture entitled 揕incoln Landing: The View from the Gaylord Building,� in Room A133. According to Cremin, Harmon had a front row seat on the construction of the Lincoln Landing and has a new exhibit on Lincoln and the I&M Canal.
Other events scheduled include:
� 2 p.m. Tuesday March 10, Academic Building, Romeoville campus
揕incoln and the Civil War,� presented by Brother John Vietoris, FSC, history professor.
� 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, Philip Lynch Theatre, Romeoville campus
揕incoln Bicentennial: Lincoln Portrait,� presented by Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra in partnership with the Music Department.
� 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, Academic Building, Romeoville campus揓efferson, Lincoln, Obama, and the Meaning of America,� presented by Dr. Mark Schultz, history professor.
� 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, Academic Building, Romeoville campus
揕incoln: Collecting and Remembering Lincoln in Joliet and Will County,� presented by
Heather Bigeck, collections and exhibits manager at the Joliet Area Historical Society.
� 2:30 p.m. April 28, Gaylord Building in Lockport
Walking Tour of Lockport抯 Lincoln Landing led by Dr. Dennis H. Cremin, curriculum director of project and director of the 91制片厂 History Center: Urban, Cultural and Catholic History of the Upper Midwest.
For more information on these events, please visit the History Center抯
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