From the April 2010 Sr. Connection "The Multi-Faceted Mr. Lincoln" by Betsa Marsh.
The Library of Congress's With malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition was at the Indiana State Museum last month and it sure had a lot of interesting things to connect you with the man.
Some of the highlights:
** The Bible in which he was sworn in as 16th president which was also used by Barack Obama in 2009.
** A draft of the Gettysburg Address given to his personal secretary John Nicolay.
** Contents of his pockets the night he was assassinated, including two pairs of spectacles, a lens polisher, a pocketknife, watch fob, linen handkerchief and brown leather wallet including a $5 Confederate bill.
** The first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation he presented to his cabinet July 22, 1862.
** A Lincoln-Douglas Debate scrapbook of newspaper clippings kept by Lincoln.
** A rarely seen exchange of letters written during his first presidential campaign with Grace Bedell who suggested he grow a beard.
The future shows of this exhibit:
September 4 to November 6th at the Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Jan. 8, 2011 to March 5th at the Durham Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Now, These Are Some Things I'd Like to See. --Cooter
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