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 “Now He Belongs to the Ages” commemorates the 150th anniversary
of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The exhibit
includes an 1865 pallbearer’s glove, a broadside showing the route
of President Lincoln’s funeral train, and a replica of the Derringer
pistol Booth to shoot President Lincoln.
“When John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln on April 14,
1865, that one single act altered the course of a nation. The year
2015 marks the remembrance of one of our nation’s greatest
tragedies, the first assassination of an American president. This
exhibit displays items that provide insights to the events that took
place during and immediately following President Lincoln’s
assassination. In addition there are several pieces of literature,
artifacts and art which cover the reaction of people caught by
surprise of losing such an important leader in a time of crisis and
transition,” said Museum Director Ron Keller. “To use the words of
Henry Hawes, a Logan County Union soldier who wrote in a letter to a
family member, ‘Every honest person must stamp the act as one of the
blackest days’.”
 Assistant Director Anne Moseley, who constructed the exhibit,
remarked, “The items in this collection tell the story of a nation
that mourned for their friend and president. By examining these
items, we see how the nation’s love for Lincoln began with his
tragic assassination.”
The “Lincoln College, Embracing our Past, Empowering our Future”
exhibit kicks off the celebration of Lincoln College’s
sesquicentennial. Chartered in 1865 and named for President Lincoln,
the College has been an important institution in Lincoln and Logan
County for the past 150 years. The exhibit includes “Faces of
Lincoln College” featuring photos of students and faculty who made
the campus special and pictures of student athletes and some of the
sports teams over the years, as well as unique items like a hand
stitched pillowcase embroidered with the beautifully sewn names of
members of the class of 1902.
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According to Moseley, the exhibit will give visitors the
opportunity to see how the college was founded and see the
growth and impact the college has had on its students and
community.
The “Now He Belongs to the Ages” and “Lincoln College, Embracing
our Past, Empowering our Future” exhibits will open Monday,
January 26, and be on display through December 2015. The Lincoln
Heritage Museum is open Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. and Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Museum. Admission is $5
for Adults (16 and over) and $3 for youth (age 7 to 15);
children under 6 are free. For more information, contact the
Lincoln Heritage Museum at (217) 735-7399 or e-mail museum@lincolncollege.edu.
The mission of the Lincoln Heritage Museum is to interpret for
the pubic the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln and the world
in which he lived—particularly as it pertained to Illinois—and
to be an academic resource for students from elementary school
through adulthood.
[Tracy Bergin, Lincoln
College/Lincoln Heritage Museum]
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