Creative Fort Wayne: Events at The Lincoln Museum

August 02, 2004

Events at The Lincoln Museum

Here is some information on up-coming events at The Lincoln Museum
Contact: Mary E. Clements
Public Relations/Marketing Manager or visit TheLincolnMuseum.org

ART EXHIBIT - The Lincoln Museum Store presents a new art exhibit, An Increased Devotion: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln- Wendy Allen, contemporary artist
Exhibit Opening, Sunday, August 8, 2004, 2 p.m.

Connecticut artist Wendy Allen will be at The Lincoln Museum Sunday August 8, at 2 p.m. to open an exhibition of her Abraham Lincoln paintings. All paintings will be available for sale to the public through The Lincoln Museum store. She will present a program and will be available to discuss her work following the presentation. Admission is free to this program. The exhibit will be available through Spring 2005.

The Lincoln Museum is located at the corner of Clinton and Berry Streets in downtown Fort Wayne. The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. General admission is $3.99, seniors and children (5-12 years old), $2.99. Parking is free in front of the Museum. Phone 260-455-3864 for additional information. www.TheLincolnMuseum.org

Author Brian R. Dirck, Ph.D. to Speak at The Lincoln Museum
Tuesday, August 24, 2004, 7 p.m.
General admission. Museum members admitted free of charge.

Friends of The Lincoln Museum welcome Brian R. Dirck, Ph.D., author of Lincoln and Davis: Imagining America, 1809-1865. Dirck, an assistant professor of history at Anderson University, will speak at the museum, Tuesday, August 24, 2004, at 7 p.m. General admission will be charged. Members of The Lincoln Museum are admitted free of charge.

In his book, Lincoln and Davis: Imagining America, 1809-1865, Dirck discusses the two key leaders during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln: the Great Emancipator, savior of the Union, and revered national hero. Jefferson Davis: defender of slavery, leader of a lost cause, and forlorn object of scorn. Both Lincoln and Davis remain locked in the American psyche as iconic symbols of victory and defeat. They presided over a terrible war that decided the fate of slavery and severely tested each man's resolve and potential for greatness. But, as Brian Dirck shows in the book, such images tend to obscure the larger visions that compelled both men to pursue policies and actions that resulted in such a devastating national tragedy.

Michael Burlingame, author of The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln, who recently spoke at The Lincoln Museum, has this to say about Dirck’s book, "A psychologically sophisticated, novel analysis not only of the two Civil War presidents but also of American nationalism broadly conceived.”

Dirck’s book is available in the Museum Store. He will be available to sign his book and talk to visitors following the program.

Be A Tourist in Your Own Hometown

September 12, 2004. Join residents of Fort Wayne as they become tourists in their own city. Many local attractions, including The Lincoln Museum will be open free of charge. Tour the award-winning permanent exhibit Abraham Lincoln and the American Experiment. The Fort Wayne Dance Collective will present a program in the Museum auditorium at 3 p.m.

Constitution Week - September 12-25, 2004.

Participate in the museum's annual "I Signed the Constitution" event. Receive a button and a copy of the constitution to take home.

The Nineteenth Annual Lincoln Colloquium, Abraham Lincoln: Politics as the National Pastime-The Presidential Years
September 17-18, 2004.

The 2004 Lincoln Colloquium will be a stimulating day of scholarship as The Lincoln Museum presents an impressive program of speakers including Michael Bishop, Harold Holzer, Darrel Bigham, Joseph Fornieri, and Kenneth Winkle. The Honorable Frank Williams will chair a question and discussion period. Dr. Allen Guelzo will round out the activities that evening by presenting the R.Gerald McMurtry Lecture. An optional dinner and discussion session is offered Friday evening September 17th. The weekend’s events will close with the opening of the Museum’s latest temporary exhibition, The National Pastime in Black and White: The Negro Baseball Leagues, 1867-1955. Registration includes the McMurtry Lecture. Colloquium registration, $40, non-members, $35 members of The Lincoln Museum. Registration for the R.Gerald McMurtry Lecture only is $10 for Museum members. $15 for non-members. Registration deadline, September 10, 2004. Phone 260-455-6087. For a complete schedule of events and registration information, visit our Website at www.TheLincolnMuseum.org

Sponsors of The Nineteenth Annual Lincoln Colloquium are: Friends of The Lincoln Museum; Dunsire Family Foundation; Leland and LaRita Boren; Lincoln Financial Group Foundation; Morrill Charitable Foundation; Gilder Lehrman Insitute of American History; and the Abraham Lincoln Association.

Sponsor of The Twenty-Fifth Annual R. Gerald McMurtry Lecture is: Indiana Historical Society

The National Pastime in Black and White: The Negro Baseball Leagues, 1867-1955

The National Pastime in Black and White: The Negro Baseball Leagues, 1867-1955 tells the story of the Negro leagues during segregation. The exhibition acquaints visitors with great athletes who were good enough, but not white enough, to play in the major leagues. These athletes didn’t wait for the door to “organized” baseball to open; they formed their own leagues and played the game with as much skill and enthusiasm as white players.

The Negro leagues provided a venue for black ball players and heroes for black fans, prior to the desegregation of major league baseball, which preceded the entire major civil rights landmarks of the 1950s and 1960s. This and other social aspects of the Negro leagues will be examined, such as the roles of teams and players in the communities, the importance of weekly black newspapers, barnstorming, and the impact of traveling black teams on rural, mostly white communities.

The National Pastime in Black and White will appeal to both baseball fans and museum visitors who are interested in this important chapter of American history.

Sponsors of The National Pastime exhibit are: Leland and LaRita Boren, Dunsire Family Foundation; English Bonter Mitchell; Morrill Charitable Foundation; Ian and Miriam Rolland Foundation; and Friends of The Lincoln Museum.

The Lincoln Museum is located at the corner of Clinton and Berry Streets in downtown Fort Wayne. The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. General admission is $3.99, seniors and children (5-12 years old), $2.99. Parking is free in front of the Museum. Phone 260-455-3864 for additional information. www.TheLincolnMuseum.org

Friends of The Lincoln Museum welcome Al Zacher, who will present The Presidential Second Term: The Campaign and the Challenge of Office
Tuesday, October 5, 2004, 7 p.m.

Alfred J. Zacher is the author of “Trail and Triumph – Presidential Power in the Second Term”, the only book written on the subject. It was published during Bill Clinton’s second term campaign, and received significant national recognition. Clinton referred to the book in his first press conference after his reelection which resulted in Zacher being on The Today Show and on C-Span’s Booknotes for the Inaugural. He also appeared on Chris Mathew’s Hard Ball for the campaign and on the night before Clinton’s impeachment trial. He has been interviewed on over 100 radio talk shows on the presidency. Zacher holds a bachelor degree from Antioch College and a masters degree in Economics from The University of Michigan. He is active in his real estate profession as chairman of the company which bears his name.

Scott Bushnell to present, Making History at Second Base: Sol White in Fort Wayne
Sunday, October 17, 2004, 2 p.m., at The Lincoln Museum
General admission. Museum members admitted free of charge.

Fort Wayne has a prestigious baseball history, including being a member of the forerunner of the National League. The city's minor league teams included many future Major League stars and the community hosted the legendary women's team, the

Fort Wayne Daisies. But few know the history that was made in 1895 when a young African-American was recruited to play second base for the Fort Wayne team in the Western Interstate League. The young man was Sol White who went on to become one of the greatest players in Colored Base Ball, as it was called then. But White was more than a player. He later was a manager and historian. His History of Colored Base Ball, published in 1907, offers an important perspective on America and its National Pastime.

Scott Bushnell has researched White's career, particularly his season in Fort Wayne as segregation clamped down on baseball. In conjunction with The Lincoln Museum’s current temporary exhibit, The National Pastime in Black and White: A History of the Negro Baseball Leagues, 1867-1955, The Friends of The Lincoln Museum are pleased to welcome Bushnell, who will present Making History at Second Base: Sol White in Fort Wayne, Sunday, October 17, 2004, at 2 p.m., in The Lincoln Museum auditorium.

Scott M. Bushnell is a writer and member of the Society for American Baseball Research. He spent nearly 20 years as a reporter and editor, beginning his career as a sports writer in his hometown of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Bushnell later was a reporter and state news editor for The Associated Press. He is now senior vice president-corporate communications for American Specialty Companies in Roanoke, Indiana. He is the co-author of Roanoke: The Renaissance of a Hoosier Village and has edited three other books.

Phone 260-455-3864 for additional information. www.TheLincolnMuseum.org

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