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  Prairie Humanities Lecture/Discussion Series   

Prairie Humanities Lecture/Discussion Series

  • Location: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Springfield
  • Date: Sunday, February 15, 2015, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Walt Whitman's Lincoln: "Oh Captain, My Captain"
How did this poetry tell of American's emotions in the Civil War and at Lincoln's death?

Speaker: Brian "Fox" Ellis as Walt Whitman

Free and open to the public
Seating limit: 180

This event is part of the 2015 Prairie Humanities Series supported by the Illinois State Museum and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation.

For information on additional Lincoln events associated with the 2015 Lincoln Funeral Coalition, go to lincolnfuneralcoalition.org.

 

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