 The Candlelight Tours evenings, sponsored by the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency and the New Salem Lincoln League, offer the only
opportunity to see the village after dark. The tours will be
canceled only if it is pouring rain.Staff and volunteers in
period clothing will be inside the log homes in the village to talk
to visitors about life in 19th-century Illinois. A covered wagon and
camp will be set up by people portraying pioneers who are passing
through the village on their way west. The New Salem Militia will
set up camp to explain militia life in the 1830s. Hot mulled cider
and gingerbread will be served at no charge in the Rutledge Tavern.
The Prairie Aires and the Sacred Harp Shape Note Singers will
provide live music in the village. There will also be musicians
performing on traditional instruments such as harps and dulcimers.
The Museum Store, operated by the New Salem Lincoln League, will be
open, as well as the Visitor Center and the New Salem Traditional
Exhibit.
Lincoln's New Salem
State Historic Site, administered by the
Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency, is a re-creation of the 1830s log village
where Abraham Lincoln lived for six years. It is located along Route
97 about two miles south of Petersburg and 20 miles northwest of
Springfield and is open Wednesday through Sunday. Tours are free,
although a donation of $4 for adults, $2 for children or $10 per
family is suggested.
[Text from file received from
the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency] |
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