Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America

A world-class traveling exhibit featuring reproduction artifacts from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois is coming to Four Mile Historic Park in Denver from Oct. 24 to Nov. 11. The exhibit may viewed free of charge each day from noon to 4 pm.

The Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America exhibit was created to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of America’s greatest president by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The exhibit covers Lincoln’s childhood, his self-education, his careers as a surveyor and lawyer, his family life, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, the 1860 Presidential election, the Civil War, the 13th Amendment, the Emancipation Proclamation, his assassination, and other important
periods and events in his life. The reproduction artifacts on display, all modeled from originals in the Presidential Library and Museum, include: Lincoln’s favorite books; his son Tad’s toy cannon; the
nameplate from his Springfield home; his stovepipe hat, which he used like a briefcase to hold important papers; a Presidential campaign banner; an axe that Lincoln used to chop wood; the bloody gloves found in Lincoln’s pocket the night of his assassination; and many other unique and interesting items.

The traveling learning station exhibit is being displayed in 40 public libraries and historical societies over the next two years, with Four Mile Historic Park being the only location in Colorado. It was one of just two “We, the People” programs for the Lincoln Bicentennial funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Four Mile Historic Park will be hosting a variety of special events and lectures coinciding with this exhibit. Please visit www.FourMileHistoricPark.org www.fourmilehistoricpark.org for
information on these events.

Click here for more information about the exhibit. More images from the exhibit can be found here.