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Huzzah for Mr. Lincoln!
Monday, August 30, 2010
The Winnebago County Lincoln Bicentennial Commission has now received TWO awards for their 2009 project ”Salute to Mr. Lincoln”. The second award is from the Illinois State Historical Society. We are proud to have been well regarded for not only creating some additional pleasant green space downtown (Lincoln Courthouse Square) but also educating the community as to the ties we have to Abraham Lincoln.
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The state of museums
Monday, August 30, 2010
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
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Featured Veteran
Dr. Welton Taylor Phd
Dr. Welton Taylor PhD, a Tuskegee Airman. This veteran Liaison Pilot served in the Pacific Theater of Operations during WWII. He flew L-4 and L-5 aircraft with the 93rd Infantry Division seeing combat in the Solomons Islands, New Guinea and the Philippines. Surviving a crash landing behind Japanese lines, he led his observer to safety despite suffering serious injuries to both knees.
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