Civil War exhibit closing with a gift: free admission
Visit 'To
Kill and to Heal' for free on Saturday & Sunday
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[November 27, 2013]
SPRINGFIELD — Admission to "To
Kill and to Heal," an exhibit on the weapons and medicine of the
Civil War, will be free Saturday and Sunday, the exhibit's final
weekend at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
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Normally, visitors can see "To Kill and to Heal" as part of their
regular museum admission or by paying $5 for a special ticket just
for the exhibit. On the final weekend, however, the exhibit-only
ticket will be offered for free. "This exhibit reveals the horrors
of war, which necessitated improvements in battlefield medicine and
hospital care. Seeing it is a sobering experience, and we want to
make sure everyone gets a chance to visit before it's gone for
good," said Eileen Mackevich, executive director of the Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
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"To Kill and to Heal" opened on May 11, 2012, about a month after
the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh, the first Civil War
battle with massive casualties. The exhibit includes a drum carried
by a wounded soldier, a tree trunk with an embedded artillery shell
from the Battle of Chickamauga, an amputation kit, a crude leg
prosthesis, and a flag carried by Illinois soldiers through battle
after battle.
The Lincoln Presidential Museum, at 212 N. Sixth St. in
Springfield, is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For details, visit
www.presidentlincoln.illinois.gov.
[Text from
Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
file received from the
Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency] |