Abraham Lincoln Library & Museum

Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum is a department of Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate,TN.

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Did you know that if you have a Tennesseans For the Arts License Plate, you have helped make programming possible at this museum? Learn more, or get your plate today and support the arts in Tennessee at https://t.co/8iclLsGAS5.

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Our Lincoln birthday celebration weekend is ongoing until 5pm today - come see treasures like our Benjamin Trail letters up close!

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Of all our annual programs @the_allm, the one we’re hosting tomorrow is my favorite—and one of our most popular.
We’ll be giving visitors a special look at items we normally keep behind the scenes, like this letter from a USCT soldier to his brother.

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A friend of his is leading an effort to collect 99 cards for his upcoming 99th birthday. If you've benefitted from his scholarship in the Lincoln Herald, or if you've been honored to meet and know him, learn how you can send a card at the link below!
https://t.co/HCbksKRMWO

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Wayne Temple is a great Lincoln scholar, a member of the Greatest Generation who served as a junior officer on Eisenhower's staff, a history professor at @LMUtweets in the 1950s, and significantly he was a major guide for the ALLM's Lincoln Herald for many years.

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A friend of his is leading an effort to collect 99 cards for his upcoming 99th birthday. If you've benefitted from his scholarship in the Lincoln Herald, or if you've been honored to meet and know him, learn how you can send a card at the link below!

https://t.co/HCbksKRMWO

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Yes, we're a museum, but we are also a library showing off for #LibraryShelfieDay! We have three rooms FULL of books - two reading rooms and one vault dedicated to 2D materials. Access is by appointment only, so reach out to our archivist when you have research needs!

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Mary Lincoln developed an interest in spiritualism during her time in the White House. This piece from the collection represents the popular interest in seances common to the 19th century. #HappyHalloween

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The next time you are on the popular trail between @LMUtweets and Cumberland Gap, learn more about the historical gateway during the Civil War and Lincoln's concern for East TN Unionists with our @CivilWarTrails marker!

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Happy Homecoming, @LMUtweets! Visit us on Saturday from 10am-5pm for Family Day. Play some games, take pics with Abraham Lincoln, and visit our newest exhibit, "Lincoln Remembered."

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Raymond Massey starred in Robert Sherwood’s play Abe Lincoln in Illinois and the 1940 film adaptation.
See original promotional material and an autographed script in @the_allm’s upcoming exhibit Lincoln Remembered.

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Almost done.

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One of my favorite twentieth-century #AbrahamLincoln pieces from @the_allm: Every Man His Own Lincoln by Harry Wood.

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Welcome back, Lincoln Memorial University students! We were fortunate enough to have this year's incoming class of freshmen help us out around the Museum during Welcome Weekend on Friday! They aided us in organizing our collection and preparing for FolkFest.

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Thanks to all who came out to "FolkFest: Exhibiting Appalachian Tradition" tonight!

We'll be open tomorrow through August 20 in the @LMUtweets Convention Center!

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Finishing installation of @the_allm’s new exhibit Lincoln Remembered

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You can also learn more about one family's post-Emancipation experiences in Appalachia when you join us for UVA-Wise history instructor Preston Mitchell's presentation of "Dan of Black Mountain" at FolkFest this Saturday. August 13. 2022.

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Happy Emancipation Day in Appalachia and in Tennessee! On this date in 1863, those enslaved by Andrew Johnson learned that they had been freed. Following the war, August 8 became a day of celebration that stretched across Southern Appalachia. See our artifact card below for more:

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The ALLM's "Of the People" program seeks to forge common connections and a positive dialogue about citizenship and its responsibilities through the lens of Abraham Lincoln's life. Please reach out to the museum to learn more about this program and its components.

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It's election day in Tennessee! Tennessee state and federal primaries, plus general election, takes place today, August 4, 2022. To learn more about where and how to vote, please visit the Tennessee Secretary of State's GoVoteTN page at https://t.co/xdPnO5amc5.

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We are grateful to have @TNHistoryDay & Teaching with Primary Sources - @MTSU with us today for a special teacher prof. dev. workshop! Teachers are learning how to access primary source resources for their classroom as well as how to implement @NationalHistory as a teaching tool.