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"Character is like a tree
and reputation like its
shadow.
The shadow is what we think
of it;
the tree is the real thing."
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A. Lincoln
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LCGHS GARAGE SALE
List of Current Items
<-- click here
Garage Sale days have
been scheduled
June 3 & 4,
2016, at the Logan County Genealogical &
Historical Society Center, 114 N. Chicago
St., Lincoln, IL. The public is invited to
attend the sale
Friday, June 3, 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. and
Saturday, June 4, from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.
to peruse an extensive collection of
historical and household items.
Members and friends are asked to drop off
donations beginning Monday, May 23, from
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Items will be
accepted Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from
11 a.m. until 5 p.m. On Wednesday,
items will be accepted from 1:30 to 3:30
p.m. The following week donations may be
brought in during regular hours and every
afternoon from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Members having a card table or folding table
are asked to take them to the Center as soon
as possible.
We also need
volunteers from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, June
4, to assist with take down and delivery of
unsold items to thrift stores. Please
phone 217-605-0011 or the LCGHS Center at
732-3200 for questions or volunteer
information.
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Lincoln,
Illinois, Feb. 11, 2016.
D. Leigh Henson and Diane Osborn, president of the Logan
County (IL) Genealogical & Historical Society, hold a
copy of his book The Town
Abraham Lincoln Warned. He
donated copies to the Society. Henson and Osborn stand
in the Society’s Lincoln Room, which contains various
Lincoln mementoes of local and national significance,
including the bust in the background:
http://findinglincolnillinois.com/lincolnstatueplan.html#lincolnbust.
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26 Jan., 2016 New HeraldNews:
Logan County Historical & Genealogical Society seeks
assistance identifying unknown soldiers |
January 26, 2016 – With
about a year remaining before the observance of
the centennial of the U.S. entrance into WWI,
the Logan County Genealogical and Historical
Society is requesting help with identifying
photographs of soldiers and inductees from Logan
County. The ribbon shown in the first slide is
one worn by some of the inductees in the
photographs. It notified railroad staff that the
U.S. government would pay for their
transportation to camp.
Researcher, Bill Donath, is working on a
book about the Logan County activities that took
place during that time in support of the war
effort and the men and women who served in some
capacity during the war. The book is nearly
complete and is planned for availability this
Fall.
Anyone wishing to submit photographs or
stories about the men and women who served
during WWI can submit those to Bill Donath at
LCGHS, 114 N. Chicago St., or by email:
wdonath01@hotmail.com. Bill will be available at
LCGHS on Fridays from 11 am to 4 pm. Please
contact Bill before bringing items to LCGHS.
Phone: 732-9881 and leave a message. Anyone with
information regarding the soldier photos in the
slide show may also contact Bill at the above
mentioned locations.
[note: the soldier on
the right is Wilbur Smith of Beason, who married
Elizabeth (Hazel) Sullivan of Beason and raised
his family in Chestnut. His youngest of two
daughters, Rosalie, married her Mount Pulaski
Township HS sweetheart, Waldo Bertoni, of Mount
Pulaski -
submitted by Phil Bertoni] |
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