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Lincoln's 'Lost Speech' Found: Origin of the Illinois Republican Party with Bill Kemp

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September 28th at 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Astroth Community Education Center, Heartland Community College, 1500 E. Raab Rd., Normal, IL

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Join the Museum's Librarian, Bill Kemp, to go back in time to May 29, 1856, when Abraham Lincoln gave the keynote address at a political convention in downtown Bloomington. Learn about the goal to establish a new political party opposed to the expansion of slavery. Discover why it is said Lincoln gave one of the greatest, most eloquent speeches of his life that evening, as he rallied northern voters of various political leanings to the anti-slavery cause. Learn why this speech became known as the “Lost Speech” and how it is not really lost!

This program will be held on Monday, September 28 at 6:00 p.m. in the Astroth Community Education Center room 2210 at Heartland Community College. Registration is $35 per person and can be accessed by clicking here.

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Join the Museum's Librarian, Bill Kemp, to go back in time to May 29, 1856, when Abraham Lincoln gave the keynote address at a political convention in downtown Bloomington. Learn about the goal to establish a new political party opposed to the expansion of slavery. Discover why it is said Lincoln gave one of the greatest, most eloquent speeches of his life that evening, as he rallied northern voters of various political leanings to the anti-slavery cause. Learn why this speech became known as the “Lost Speech” and how it is not really lost!

This program will be held on Monday, September 28 at 6:00 p.m. in the Astroth Community Education Center room 2210 at Heartland Community College. Registration is $35 per person and can be accessed by clicking here.