Press Release - Thursday, February 09, 2006
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LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE FEBRUARY 11 AT POSTVILLE COURTHOUSE
LINCOLN, IL - Period music, children's activities, storytelling, a visit by the Lincolns, and an electronic journey of the Eighth Judicial Circuit await visitors to the Lincoln's Birthday observance scheduled for Saturday, February 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Postville Courthouse State Historic Site in Lincoln. The event is free and open to the public.
The Logan County Arts and Crafts Guild will have children's activities from 10 a.m. to noon, including the presentation of the Abe Lincoln Story Contest awards. Period music will be provided by the ever-popular Postville Express, who will perform all afternoon. Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln impersonators will visit with guests. Postville Courthouse volunteers will conduct tours and serve birthday cake and punch.
Award-winning storyteller and musician Mike Anderson will perform during the event. Mike has honed his skills across the United States and Canada and is considered one of the best yarn-spinners and worst pun-tellers anywhere.
Bloomington attorney and author Guy Fraker will give power point presentations at 1 and 2:30 p.m. about the Eighth Judicial Circuit that Abraham Lincoln traveled. Fraker is well-known for his lifelong interest in Lincoln, and previous presentations at Postville Courthouse have been quite popular.
Postville Courthouse State Historic Site, administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, is a reproduction of the first Logan County Courthouse which was in use from 1840 to 1847, and which hosted Abraham Lincoln and others who traveled to hold court sessions in the Eighth Judicial Circuit. It is open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and is located at 914 Fifth Street in Lincoln.
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