{"id":483,"date":"2008-12-17T12:52:56","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T16:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmlinfospot.wordpress.com\/2008\/12\/17\/enjoy-the-lincoln-200th-birthday-celebration\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:13:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:13:48","slug":"enjoy-the-lincoln-200th-birthday-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2008\/12\/17\/enjoy-the-lincoln-200th-birthday-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoy the Lincoln 200th Birthday Celebration!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.scranton.edu\/department\/wml\/lincoln-event.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cForever Free: Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Journey to Emancipation,\u201d<\/a> a national traveling exhibition that focuses on Lincoln\u2019s quest to restore a Union divided by Civil War, opens at the Weinberg Memorial Library on February 9 through March 22.  Organized by the Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif., and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York City, in cooperation with American Library Association, this free exhibition shows how Lincoln\u2019s beliefs about freeing the slaves were transformed by war-time developments.  \u201cForever Free\u201d is made possible by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, created by Congress and charged with planning the national celebration of Lincoln\u2019s 200th birthday.<br \/>\nWeinberg Memorial Library is offering a free one-day conference Saturday, February 14, 2009, 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. The conference will feature four speakers discussing topics such as Emerson and Lincoln, the Abolitionist Movement in Pennsylvania, the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Pennsylvania and will include an appearance by Abraham Lincoln, as portrayed by Jim Getty.  The conference will conclude with a 1 p.m. reception in the Weinberg Library Heritage Room to view the exhibit.  The complete exhibit schedule can be found at http:\/\/academic.scranton.edu\/department\/wml\/lincoln-event.html. Please contact Michael Knies, 570-941-6341 or Michael.Knies@Scranton.edu for more information and to register for the free conference.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cForever Free: Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Journey to Emancipation,\u201d a national traveling exhibition that focuses on Lincoln\u2019s quest to restore a Union divided by Civil War, opens at the Weinberg Memorial Library on February 9 through March 22. 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