Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Gala
Join the National Opening Celebration for the Lincoln Bicentennial in Kentucky, February 11 and 12, 2008. For more information, click here.
The
Official Bicentennial Kick-Off - February 11 – 12, 2008
February 11, 2008 - Louisville, KY
1:00 – 3:30pm Lincoln on Leadership’ Symposium
- Location: Frazier International History Museum, Louisville
- Sponsors: ALBC, McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, and the Frazier International History Museum
- The
featured speaker will be acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize winning
author,
Doris Kearns Goodwin.
6:00
- 7:15 pm - Champagne
Reception
A
Kentucky Salute to Abraham Lincoln
Kentucky Center lobby- Louisville, Kentucky
- The University of Louisville Marching Band will perform patriotic music.
- Hors d’oeuvres will be served that are reminiscent of the period of Lincoln’s Inauguration.
7:30
- 9:30 pm - A Kentucky Salute to Abraham Lincoln
- The Louisville Orchestra, joined by soprano Angela Brown as guest soloist, will offer a musical tribute, including the premiere of a new Lincoln work - Lincoln at Ease - composed by Peter Schickele and a performance by Ms. Brown of Marian Anderson’s 1939 rendition of My Country ‘Tis of Thee. Artists from the Kentucky Opera will accompany Ms. Brown.
- Capping the evening, award-winning actor Sam Waterston and Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer will perform their acclaimed production Lincoln Seen and Heard, a narrated and dramatic presentation of Lincoln’s life.
February 12, 2008 - Hodgenville, KY
Abraham
Lincoln Bicentennial Inaugural Event
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
10:30am – 12:00 noon.
- President George W. Bush has been invited to deliver the keynote address (not yet confirmed) formally launching the nation’s two-year celebration of Lincoln’s life and legacy.
- Saxton’s Cornet Band and Everett McCorvey and the American Spiritual Ensemble will provide music.
- Other speakers will include: Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne (invited), Doris Kearns Goodwin and Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear. Sam Waterston, star of TV’s Law and Order, will read from Lincoln’s works. LaRue County Judge Executive and national ALBC Commissioner Tommy Turner will serve as the master of ceremonies.
- The
Opening Ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic
Site
The event is free, and open to the public. Reservations are not required for the general admission standing areas. Admission is on a first come first, served basis. Visitors are encouraged to arrive early. Additional information on the event is available online from the National Park Service at http://www.nps.gov/abli/
Tickets are required for many of the Bicentennial opening events and must be purchased in advance. Call (202) 707-6998 for more information.
Those wishing to attend only the Kentucky Salute to Abraham Lincoln at the Kentucky Center for the Arts may purchase tickets directly from the Kentucky Center for the Arts at www.kentuckycenter.org.
THE LINCOLN PENNY
Starting next year, the new 2007 Presidential $1 Dollar Coin will bear the likeness of Abraham Lincoln to coincide with the Lincoln Bicentennial. In addition, there will be a redesign of the Lincoln penny.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the original Lincoln cent was issued in 1909 The 2005 Presidential $1 Coin Program chose the new cent to commemorate the upcoming 200th anniversary of his birth, and the 100th anniversary of the coin. The redesign will show four different reverse images for the one cent piece representing 4 stages of Abraham Lincoln's life.First, his birth and childhood in Kentucky followed by the formative years in Indiana. The third design expresses a scene from the Lincoln Illinois professional life followed by the 16th presidency in Washington.
The U.S. Mint will sell collectible versions of the cent coins with the same copper content as the penny minted in 1909. In 2010 & beyond the Lincoln cent reverse will continue to be redesigned to show Lincoln's preservation of the United States as a single and united country
Other Abraham Lincoln Sites of Interest:
www.LincolnBicentennialUSA.com
www.LincolnBicentennialAmerica.com
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