Question 1

FRIDAY, JUNE 10th,  11:30 AM-1:30 PM - RAY LONG  & CHARLIE WHEELER

Accepted Answer

Authors Ray Long and Charlie Wheeler of "The House that Madigan Built"  (U of I Press) will talk and sign books.

Question 2

SATURDAY, JULY 9th, 11 AM - JAN JACOBI

Accepted Answer

Young adult novelist and St. Louis teacher Jan Jacobi will read and sign books.

Question 3

MAY 14th, 2022, 11 AM -  "A NEW WORLD MAP OF LINCOLN SCULPTURES" DAVE WIEGERS & SCOTT SCHROEDER

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Dave  Wiegers, globe-trotting photographer, and Scott Schroeder, tech wizard,  will present "A New World Map of Lincoln Sculptures" at 11:00 a.m.   This presentation, in celebration of the 100th anniversary  of Washington D.C.’s Lincoln Memorial, will feature a biography of  Lincoln as expressed through sculpture and will unveil a new, one of a  kind, online map showcasing more than 300 Lincoln sculptures in the U.S.  and around the world.”

Question 4

SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2022, 11 AM-  Dr. Mark DePue, UKRAINE AND THE EVOLVING MAP OF EASTERN EUROPE

Accepted Answer

UKRAINE AND THE EVOLVING MAP OF EASTERN EUROPE, analyzed by Dr. Mark DePue, West Point graduate.  11 a.m.

Question 5

SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2022,  2 PM -STEVE STALEY & FRIENDS, OLD-TIME FOLK MUSIC.

Accepted Answer

THIS ONE'S ON  A SUNDAY AT  2 PM!

Question 6

FEBRUARY 12TH, 2022, 1-2 PM-  "NEW FINDINGS ABOUT LINCOLN" WITH 
JOHN LUPTON, BILL FURRY, & JAMES CORNELIUS

Accepted Answer

Saturday, February 12th 1-2 PM

Question 7

JANUARY 22, 2022 11: 00 AM -DAVID L. FINNIGAN

Accepted Answer

Architect David L. Finnigan speaks on his new book,  "Thousand-Year Statehouse: The Art and Architecture of the Illinois State Capitol"

Question 8

DECEMBER 2021  -TAYLOR PENSONEAU, CHILI PARTY, WILD COLUMBINE"

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Sat.  Dec.  11th at 11:00 a.m.  Taylor Pensoneau on his new novel, Devil on the Prairie.      Our holiday party returns at noon with Bob's Famous Chili and other refreshments. Robert Shaw's 2022 calendar is in!   Then, from 1 to 2 p.m. Wild Columbine*, a folk quartet, will play.   *Sponsored by a "Back to the Music" grant from the Springfield Area Arts Council and the Land of Lincoln Foundation.   Stay all day!

Question 9

NOVEMBER 2021 11:30 AM -TERRY ORR

Accepted Answer

Sat. 13 Nov.   11:30 a.m.   Terry Orr, on a newly found diary by a Civil War artilleryman

Question 10

NOVEMBER 2021  1 PM - ALLEN  OTTENS

Accepted Answer

1:00 p.m.   Al Ottens, on General John Rawlins              "This splendid biography gives Rawlins his due as Grant's chief of staff and close friend without exaggerating his influence on the general's professional and personal qualities."  -- James M. McPherson   "It is impossible to fully appreciate Ulysses S. Grant's success during the Civil War without an intimate understanding of the role ... Rawlins played during their long association." -- Peter Cozzens

Question 11

OCTOBER 2021 - ANGELINA K. FIELDING

Accepted Answer

Sat. 16 Oct.    1:00 p.m.  Angelina K. Fielding has left us a few signed copies!

Question 12

SEPTEMBER 2021 JOHN WASIK / REG ANKROM

Accepted Answer

Saturday 25 September  11:00 a.m.   John Wasik, on Lincolnomics                                                      1:00  p.m.  Reg Ankrom, on Stephen A. Douglas (v. 2) “... John F. Wasik’s Lincolnomics provides an important and stimulating view of how Lincoln’s vision may apply to the future. He shows us Lincoln the Great Builder and Lincoln the Great Innovator, whose works in his time and enduring idea of America served as the foundation for progressive change through the 20th century and may once again inspire us in the 21st. What would Lincoln do? Lincolnomics helps answer that question.”
—Sidney Blumenthal, former national staff reporter for The Washington Post, and author, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln   “Wasik presents Abraham Lincoln as ‘nothing less than our foremost architect of economic opportunity.’ In an engaging, informal style, he explores the policies Lincoln promoted across his career including transportation improvements, public education, and free labor. Wasik sees in Lincoln’s policies a broad roadmap for promoting equal economic opportunity in the 21st century.”
 —Ann Durkin Keating, Professor of History, North Central College and author, The World of Juliette Kinzie, Chicago Before the Fire

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