175th Committee Celebrating
 Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday

February 12th, 2011

Mount Pulaski Courthouse
 

·         2:00 pm  1850’s Cast-Iron Tombstone Trial Re-enactment
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                   Mt. Pulaski High School Drama Club -  Donna Koehler, Director
****Tickets for all seats required
($3 Adults; students, children FREE)****
                         … proceeds to Mt. Pulaski HS Drama Club & MPTHS Museum
 

·         3:30 pm Guy Fraker - talk on 1850’s IL. Judicial Circuit
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         … this research to be published in his new book on the 1850’s  IL. 8th Judicial Circuit

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Tickets for all seats required - FREE****

5:00 pm  1850’s Cast-Iron Tombstone Trial Re-enactment

                   Mt. Pulaski High School Drama Club - Donna Koehler, Director
****Tickets for all seats required
($3 Adults; students, children FREE)****
                         … proceeds to Mt. Pulaski HS Drama Club & MPTHS Museum
 

·         6:00 pm  Mary Todd Lincoln cake – complimentary serving
 

·       7:00 pm Chris Vallillo (Civil War ballads & history)

Chris Vallillo is a nationally acclaimed singer/songwriter and folk musician who makes the people and places of “unmetropolitan” America come to life in song. Performing on six-string and bottleneck slide guitars and harmonica, Vallillo weaves original, contemporary, and traditional songs and narratives into a compelling and entertaining portrait of the history and lifestyles of the Midwest. He has been acclaimed by Dirty Linen magazine among others. A recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award for music composition, Chris was also a nominee for the Illinois Arts Council's Governor's Award for Individual Artist and has received many other awards and acclamations over the past 30 years.

****Tickets for all seats required - FREE****



 

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