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"Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation" Opens at Frankfort Library

 “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation,” a national traveling exhibition that focuses on Lincoln’s quest to restore a Union divided by Civil War, will visit the Frankfort Public Library for six weeks.

Organized by the Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif., and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York City, in cooperation with the American Library Association, this free exhibition shows how Lincoln’s beliefs about freeing the slaves were transformed by war-time developments.

“Forever Free” is made possible by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, created by Congress and charged with planning the national celebration of Lincoln’s 200th birthday.           

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The Frankfort Public Library is offering many programs in connection with the exhibition, including The African-American Soldier in the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln in Song, Chicago and the Civil War, Civil War Genealogy and Fashions of the Civil War.

There will also be two programs specifically for children: An Evening with President and Mrs. Lincoln and Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.

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For information, call 815-534-6173 or visit http://www.frankfortlibrary.org.   

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