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Lincoln Commission Plans Two-Day Celebration in Kentucky This note was sent along with the article which follows it: "I know this informationis beingcovered by the local media, but my dear friend Susan Frieswyk, who works in Washington at theLibrary of Congress,forwarded this announcement with its links to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission website. This is good information to keep up with and to share with the schoolchildren we know. TheLincoln Bicentennialwill give KY a chance to shine. The lineup looks classy to me, and that's not even including the special efforts being made by other organizations, especially Kentucky Repertory Theatre at Horse Cave. Peace, s/Rob Stout." (Rev. Rob Stout contributes to ColumbiaMagazine.com writing under the pen name "Rev. Joey N. Welsh.") "Eyes of the world will be focused on Kentucky next February" - LARUE CO., KY, CJE TOMMY TURNER Special ColumbiaMagazine.com story President Bush has been invited to launch the nation's two-year celebration of Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial, capping two days of festivities and tributes in Louisville and Hodgenville next February 11 and 12, the national Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission announced today. "The eyes of the world will be focused on Kentucky next February as we kick off a series of events during 2008 and 2009 honoring our greatest president," said LaRue County Judge Tommy Turner, a member of the national ALBC and chair of the Bicentennial Inaugural Committee. "It is 'fitting and proper' that the celebrations begin here, as Lincoln himself was proud to be a Kentuckian. We hope to capture the American spirit and invigorate their thoughts about this great man's living legacy," Turner said. The ALBC and its Kentucky partners announced the plans for the Bicentennial Inaugural at a news conference this morning in Louisville at the Farmington Historic Home. Turner was joined by Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson; Lindy Casebier, executive director of Arts and Heritage, Kentucky Commerce Cabinet; and Speed Stodghill, Farmington Historic Home Board Regent. President Bush is slated to launch the Bicentennial formally with a keynote address at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville on February 12. The American Spiritual Ensemble and Saxton's Cornet Band will provide music. Award-winning actor Sam Waterston, best known for his television role as assistant district attorney on Law and Order, will deliver a dramatic presentation of Lincoln's words. The ceremonies in Hodgenville are free and open to the public. Celebrations begin the day before in Louisville. A champagne reception at the Kentucky Center for the Arts on the evening of February 11 will lead into a musical and dramatic tribute to the 16th president. The Louisville Orchestra will perform with guest soloist soprano Angela Brown, including the premiere of a new Lincoln work composed by Peter Schickele. Brown will also perform Marian Anderson's 1939 rendition of My Country 'Tis of Thee. Artists from the Kentucky Opera will accompany Brown. Waterston and Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer will cap the evening with a performance of "Lincoln Seen and Heard," a dramatic presentation of Lincoln speeches and photographs. Award-winning journalist and Louisville native Bob Edwards will host the celebration. Tickets for the February 11, 2008 events at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts will go on sale November 2, 2007. Pulitzer Prize and Lincoln Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin will headline a public symposium, Lincoln on Leadership, on the afternoon of February 11, 2008, at the Frazier International History Museum in downtown Louisville. Co-sponsored by the University of Louisville's McConnell Center, the symposium will also include Richard Goodwin, an advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and to U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy. "Louisville is honored to kick off the national Lincoln Bicentennial celebration," Mayor Jerry Abramson said. "It will be an exciting time for our city and for our nation." Best selling author Linda Bruckheimer and Hollywood blockbuster filmmaker Jerry Bruckheimer are honorary co-chairs of the Bicentennial Inaugural Committee. Acalendar of the Bicentennial Inaugural events can be found on the ALBC Web site. To read it Click Here The national Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission was established by Congress to plan educational, public, and legacy events to mark the 16th president's 200th birthday in 2009. Its members, who are appointed by the president and congressional leaders, include political leaders, jurists, historians, and collectors. The ALBC aims to renew Americans' appreciation of Lincoln's ideals of freedom, equality and opportunity, and to encourage all people to "live the legacy." This story was posted on 2007-09-30 11:10:34
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