AUBURN — The Senior College at University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College and the Auburn Public Library will continue the Curious Minds Series with a seminar by Charlie Plummer on Abraham Lincoln titled, “The Man, Humorist, Story-Teller and Poet.” This free program will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the Auburn Public Library, 49 […]
Abraham Lincoln
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Maine college to unveil rare photo of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration
BRUNSWICK (AP) — A Maine college is set to unveil a rare photograph of President Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration from 1861. The Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick acquired the photo at auction in October and will unveil it Thursday. It’s the first inauguration to be captured by photographers, and took place just six weeks […]
advertisement
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Bethel Historical Society’s “Lincoln and the Civil War” program draws crowd
BETHEL — More than 25 people attended the Bethel Historical Society’s program “Lincoln and the Civil War” on Saturday afternoon at the Dr. Moses Mason House. The program marked the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on April 14, 1865. The society displayed exhibits from a private collection featuring original letters signed by Lincoln, […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Gettysburg Address: A short speech long remembered
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — In solemnity, thousands of people gathered at a central Pennsylvania battlefield park Tuesday to honor a speech given 150 years ago that President Abraham Lincoln predicted would not be long remembered. The inspirational and famously short Gettysburg Address was praised for reinvigorating national ideals of freedom, liberty and justice amid a Civil […]