While
visiting in
Logan County:
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Special
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Logan County
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Recent events
Annual celebrations
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Heritage
In Flight schedules additional museum hours
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[OCT.
22, 2002]
For the past year, the
Heritage In
Flight Museum at the Logan County Airport has been staffed and
open only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. HIF has now extended the
days when the museum is open to Wednesday through Sunday, from 9
a.m. until 4 p.m. Phone (217) 732-3333 for reservations at other
hours.
The museum is at 1351 Airport Road, Lincoln.
For more
information, visit
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Part 3
[Click here for Part 2]
[Click here for Part 1]
Crew
completes filming
of Abraham Lincoln video
[OCT.
3, 2002]
In the Looking for Lincoln
video none of the actors has a speaking part. Instead, narration by
six local commentators and one professional will be dubbed in.
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Of the locals, Paul Beaver tells the
christening story and Paul Gleason narrates several legal cases. Ron
Keller, director of the Lincoln College Museum, describes relevant
artifacts in the museum collection. Beaver said he had trouble
sounding natural while following the script. Eventually, he, Gleason
and Keller all discarded the prepared words and "became teachers
again," telling the events in their own words. The script was
well-written, Beaver said, but it did not sound like them.
Richard Schachtsiek, site director at
Postville Courthouse State Historic Site, narrates the story of the
nickname Honest Abe. Susan Hoblit, descendant of Lincoln’s friend
John Hoblit, tells about Lincoln’s stay at the carriage house in
Atlanta. Finally, Gillette Ransom relates stories about her
great-grandfather John D. Gillett. The professional narrator, who
will tie the elements of the video together, has not yet been
chosen.
The final scene shows longtime Lincoln
portrayer Charles Ott at the site of the Lincoln christening
welcoming visitors to Logan County.
In addition to narration the sound
track will also feature period music. For possible inclusion,
cinematographer Dean Williams has several CDs of music by the
Prairie Aires, an area band whose instrumentation includes lap and
hammered dulcimers, recorders, harp, cello, chimes and bodhran.
[Photo by Bob Frank]
[The Prairie Aires]
Besides the action footage, the
director has still photos of three relevant paintings and a poster.
The paintings are Billy Morrow Jackson’s young Lincoln from the
Lincoln College Museum collection, Lloyd Ostendorf’s town
christening painting from the State Bank Annex and an oil of John
Dean Gillett from his second home, on Elkhart Hill. The poster, also
in the LC Museum collection, lists the stops of the Lincoln funeral
train from Washington to Springfield.
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Williams has much more footage than can
be included in an 18-minute video, so the task of cutting and
splicing will be daunting. Mike Unland is charged with that
responsibility. Also, Beaver, Ransom and Cindy McLaughlin have been
told that they will be expected to help match footage with
narration. McLaughlin, executive director of Main Street Lincoln,
was active in coordinating the project.
Williams has expressed interest in
putting together a "making of" documentary on the Lincoln video
project. Scenes which do not fit in the tourism video can find a
home there. These include shots of Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln
checking into the Holiday Inn Express and using the hot tub, taken
to thank the hotel for its service.
During the filming the actors often
ad-libbed so characters seem to be speaking. Some of their quips
might be included. For example, at the Mount Pulaski Courthouse
Woodard as Lincoln said to the witness, "I have one question and one
question only for you: Is it briefs or boxers?"
[Photo by Lynn Shearer Spellman]
One of the
most dramatic scenes to occur during the shooting will end up among
the outtakes. In the background for the city of Lincoln christening
scene was a farm wagon drawn by a pair of mules. Williams staffer
Fran Byers had donned period costume to drive the mules. However,
something spooked them and they took off, breaking their harness in
the process. The mules ran for a quarter of a mile through the
pasture before being stopped in true Hollywood fashion by members of
the Illinois 7th Cavalry, who grabbed the harness and saved Byers.
She was shaken up but not injured.
[Lynn
Shearer Spellman]
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Part 2
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Crew
completes filming
of Abraham Lincoln video
[OCT.
2, 2002]
Scenes in the Looking for
Lincoln video represent documented activities of Abraham Lincoln in
Logan County and take place at either authentic sites or accessible
sites that retain the feel of the mid-1800s. In one scene Lincoln
rides on horseback over Elkhart Hill, following the old Edward’s
Trace. The route was part of the 8th Judicial Circuit that Lincoln
traveled.
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Another scene takes place on the Hoblit
farm south of Atlanta. Lincoln stayed overnight at the carriage
house there, and the building still stands, now used as a shed.
Lincoln appears with his friend John Hoblit, played by his
great-great-great-grandson Frank Hoblit.
Also authentic is the John D. Gillett
house at Cornland. Lincoln drove himself there to invite Gillett to
his inauguration in Washington, D.C., as a member of the president’s
honorary bodyguard. Gillette Ransom, a descendant whose name was
given the final "e" to make it more feminine, said she possesses a
list handwritten by one of Gillett’s daughters of men invited to
take part in the honor guard. In the video John D. Gillett is played
by Lee Johnson, whose family has farmed for Gillett’s descendants
for generations. The scene also includes young actors portraying
Gillett’s six children.
[Photos by Mike Unland]
[Lincoln drives himself to the Gillett house.]
The second-floor courtroom of the Mount
Pulaski Courthouse was the scene of two notable legal cases Lincoln
took part in: the case of the cast-iron tombstone and the
horological cradle (a supposed perpetual motion machine). There is
"no place more authentic than this," Beaver said of the Mount
Pulaski courtroom, adding that most items there, if not the real
thing, are close enough to give the effect.
From the volunteers who showed up in
period dress, Paul Beaver selected men to play the judge,
prosecuting attorney, secretary, witness and jury. No women would
have been inside the bar except for witnesses, he explained. And in
the cast-iron tombstone case there are no recorded female witnesses.
However, women accompanied men to trials, so both sexes occupy the
public benches in the taped scene.
The Middletown Stagecoach Inn is an
authentic building, although it has been moved from its original
site. Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln, played by Joe Woodard and Gillette
Ransom, are shown arriving there by stage and being ushered in by
the innkeeper, represented by Ed Busch of Lincoln. Other exterior
scenes occur in front of the Knapp Library and Museum in Middletown
and in the town park, where Lincoln shoots marbles with local boys.
The original scene took place in Postville Park.
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In another shot Lincoln socializes
outside Postville Courthouse while narrator Richard Schachtsiek
tells of the legal case tried at Postville in which Judge Treach
called the future president "Honest Abe." Unfortunately, Lincoln’s
client had lied to him, and he was later embarrassed by the case.
Lincoln worked as a surveyor in Logan
County. Video scenes show him surveying for the town of Albany and
for Musick’s Ferry on Salt Creek north of Middletown. Both scenes
were filmed at the Paulus-Conrady farm. Beaver said the committee
chose the farm because it provides one of the few pastures open
enough to accommodate filming apparatus and containing a creek and
long-established trees.
The surveying party rides on horseback.
Members of the Illinois 7th Cavalry re-enactment team participated
and provided their own civilian clothing, tack and three horses. The
party also included a Native American flagholder, played by Kent
Vincent of Springfield. A woodsman, Vincent teaches Indian lore and
outdoorsmanship to Boy Scouts. Though the original flagholder was a
Kickapoo, Vincent is an Oneida and as such is not a horseman. As a
result he was uncomfortable making the scene in which the party
fords the creek. His discomfort was intensified by the fact that his
pinto usually works with a martingale, which has no bit. Fitted out
with a bit for authenticity, she was visibly uneasy and tried to
reject it.
[Lincoln christens the town with watermelon juice.]
The scene of
Lincoln christening his namesake city was also shot at the
Paulus-Conrady farm. Beaver said Wayne and Lois Conrady and Wilbur
Paulus came out to watch and help. They provided railroad ties
needed for props. Lee Johnson as Gillett, Ron Keller as Robert B.
Latham and Daris Knauer as Virgil Hickox participated in the scene
in addition to many others. Beaver said the Lincoln christening and
several other scenes occurred in or near September, so the filming
date is appropriate.
(To be
continued)
[Lynn
Shearer Spellman]
[Click here for Part
3]
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Part 1
Crew
completes filming
of Abraham Lincoln video
[OCT.
1, 2002]
On Thursday, Sept. 26, about
35 people in mid-1800s garb and a dozen or so crew members gathered
at Mount Pulaski Courthouse for the final day of shooting the
Looking for Lincoln video of Abraham Lincoln’s activities in Logan
County.
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The video, which will be used to
promote tourism, has been over two years in the planning stages as
promoters first sought and then awaited funds from an Illinois
legislature Member’s Initiative grant. When the check arrived, it
took only two weeks for shooting to begin, thanks to prior selection
of sites, key actors and cinematographer Dean Williams of
Springfield to direct the film. Williams brought an impressive
resume. His website,
deanwilliams.net, lists 38 movie credits and 48 TV credits,
including "Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln" on PBS. The script by Dawn
Edwards of Springfield was also virtually complete, needing only
final touches to make it fit the voices of the narrators.
Gillette Ransom of Elkhart said the
video project brought together many elements of the community. These
included individual volunteers and groups interested in history and
tourism. She praised Rick Unsbee as an outstanding videographer.
Logan County Looking for Lincoln chair
Paul Beaver acted as both producer and historical consultant for the
video. When former Illinois Sen. Bob Madigan agreed to support the
grant application, he secured Beaver’s promise to take
responsibility for the film’s historical accuracy.
[Photo by Lynn Shearer Spellman]
Beaver’s area of responsibility
included seeing that costumes and props looked authentic. Many
participants, among them volunteers from New Salem Village, wore
their own costumes. Other clothing was obtained by Ransom. "Are all
costumes going to be 100 percent?" Beaver asked. "No. We don’t have
that kind of money." But he took care that the look was authentic.
One example was removing hats from jury members in the court scene
but allowing spectators to wear them.
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Props included various types of wheeled
vehicles and even a building. Landon Vannoy of Atlanta supplied a
buggy, and the Joe Hinkle family of New Holland provided a two-seat
doctor’s buggy for the Cornland scene. Irwin Conklen brought a
wagon, and Don Leonard of Mount Pulaski supplied a stagecoach for
the Lincolns to alight from. On the largest scale, the Railsplitter
Association allowed its small wooden building, formerly used as the
festival office, to be moved from the area by the horse barns at the
Logan County Fairgrounds. Beaver selected the building as the
closest thing available to what the temporary building constructed
by the railroad in 1853 must have looked like.
Gillette Ransom secured most of the
horses for the video. They included Royal M. Cody, a "magnificent
Morgan horse" who will also star in a film to be shot at the Lincoln
Home in Springfield this November. Carolyn and Kathy Firch of
Rocking Horse Morgans in Springfield own the animal.
Outstanding among the actors, Joe
Woodard of Villa Grove, near Effingham, played the crucial role of
the young, unbearded Abraham Lincoln. "He’s made the movie," Beaver
said. "He looks so much like Lincoln and has so much presence."
Woodard won an Abe Lincoln look-alike contest at the Elkhart
Chautauqua. A clerk at Holiday Inn Express in Lincoln exclaimed when
she saw him in costume, "Oh my God, you do look like him!"
[Photo by Mike Unland]
The hotel
provided Woodard with a free room and also offered their coffee shop
when an on-location picnic was rained out. These are two examples of
the generosity and kindness the crew said they experienced
throughout the county. Beaver praised Irwin Conklen and his son for
stopping their farm work to bring a wagon and Jim Britsch for
welding a tongue onto the wooden Railsplitter building so it could
be hauled to the site. "Nobody has said no," Beaver affirmed. The
crew and cast even received some free lunches.
(To be
continued)
[Lynn
Shearer Spellman]
[Click here for Part
2]
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Sites
to See
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"Three
projects, a dinner
and a birthday party planned
for J. H. Hawes Grain Elevator," posted April 6, 2001, in LDN
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"Elkhart
prepares for Chautauqua guests," posted May 2, 2001, in
LDN
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"Lincoln
Public Library keeps its history alive," posted May 26,
2000, in LDN
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"‘Crown jewel’ found in Lincoln — Lincoln’s well at Postville,"
posted May 19, 2001, in LDN
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"Middletown
Stagecoach Inn dedicated," posted July 5, 2001, in LDN
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‘Walking
on the Path of Abraham Lincoln’
A
walking tour of historic Lincoln, Ill.
Note: The following
material is from a brochure produced as a high school project by J.R.
Glenn and Angie Couch for Main Street Lincoln.
The Main Street
Lincoln office and local tourist information center is on the second
floor of Union Planter’s Bank at 303 S. Kickapoo.
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[Click here for larger map]
1. Town christening
site
Broadway
and Chicago streets
In August 1853
the first sale of lots in the new town of Lincoln took place near this spot.
Abraham Lincoln, in whose honor the town was named, was in attendance. When
asked on the day of the land sale to officially "christen the town,"
Lincoln obliged. Lifting the cover off a pile of watermelons stacked on the
ground by a local farmer, Lincoln picked up a melon and conducted a brief
ceremony using its juice. Lincoln, Ill., is the only town named for Lincoln
before he became president.
2. Lincoln railroad
depot
101 N.
Chicago St.
Abraham Lincoln
frequented this city by train after its founding. As president-elect, Lincoln
came hereon Nov. 21, 1860. He stopped near this spot to make a few remarks from
the rear of his train. This was his last speech in Logan County and the last
time Lincoln would visit his namesake city. His funeral train stopped here on
May 3, 1865. The current depot was built several decades later, in 1911.
3. State Bank of
Lincoln
111 N.
Sangamon St.
Abraham Lincoln
met sculptor Leonard Volk for the first time on the boardwalk in front of the
Lincoln House Hotel. Volk asked Lincoln to pose for a bust and life mask of his
face and hands. Signed copies of the life masks by Volk, as well as original
artwork by Lloyd Ostendorf of Lincoln in Logan County, are on display in this
bank building’s lobby.
4. Site of the
Lincoln House Hotel
501
Broadway St.
The Lincoln
House, one of the grandest hotels between St. Louis and Chicago, stood on this
spot from 1854 to 1870. All the political luminaries of the day, including
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, David Davis and Richard Oglesby, crossed
its threshold at one time or another The Lincoln House was a two-story frame
structure that fronted the railroad tracks and featured a large veranda.
5. Robert Latham
home site
400 N.
Kickapoo St.
Robert B.
Latham joined John D. Gillett and Virgil Hickox in founding the town of Lincoln
in 1853. Abraham Lincoln, other lawyers and judges were often guests at his
house.
6. Logan County
Courthouse
When Lincoln
became the county seat in 1853, a courthouse was built on this spot. A second
courthouse was built in 1858 and remained in use until the early 20th century,
when it was replaced with the current building. Abraham Lincoln practiced law
and attended political functions in the first two courthouses built on the
square. A statue of Lincoln stands in this courthouse. A Civil War monument and
cannon sit on the north side of the courthouse grounds.
7. Lincoln lot site
523
Pulaski St.
A plaque
located on the right-hand side of this store identifies the location as a lot
Lincoln once owned. James Primm, in need of money, approached former Illinois
Gov. Joel Matteson for a $400 advance. Matteson directed him to have Lincoln
sign a note as Primm's guarantor. Lincoln co-signed the note. Later Primm
defaulted and Lincoln had to pay the note. Eventually Primm deeded Lincoln this
property in recompense.
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8. Rustic Inn
412
Pulaski St.
In 1876 members
of a counterfeiting gang met here to hatch a plot to steal Lincoln's corpse from
its burial vault in Springfield. The gang had planned to hide Lincoln's body in
the Indiana sand dunes on the shore of Lake Michigan and negotiate with the
governor of Illinois for $200,000 in cash and the release of Ben Boyd. The
bartender at the Rustic Inn overheard the plot and reported it to the
authorities. The Secret Service later apprehended the gang members. Robert Todd
Lincoln had his father's coffin encased in several tons of cement to prevent
future attempts to steal the body.
Other Lincoln sites
in Lincoln
9. Stephen A.
Douglas speech site
Comer of
Fourth and Logan streets
Stephen Douglas
visited this city during the famous 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign. Douglas
paraded with all his supporters through the decorated streets to the tent that
was pitched on this site. Lincoln, who was also in town, listened to his
opponent from the back of the crowd. In the end, a majority of Logan County
voters favored Lincoln, but Douglas won the 1858 election.
10. Postville
Courthouse
914 Fifth
St.
This state
historic site is a replica of an 1840 courthouse where Lincoln argued, won and
lost cases while he traveled the 8th Judicial Circuit.
11. Site of Deskins
Tavern
915 Fifth
St.
Lincoln often
stayed at Deskins Tavern when he traveled to Postville. A well where he quenched
his thirst is also at this site.
12. Postville Park
1300
Fifth St.
Abraham Lincoln
was well-known for his athletic abilities, and he frequently joined in games of
"town ball" at this village park.
13. Lincoln College
and Museum
300
Keokuk St.
A nationally
registered landmark, Lincoln College was founded and named for President Lincoln
on Feb. 12, 1865. The museum houses an extensive collection of memorabilia on
the life of Abraham Lincoln.
[See "LC Museum named one of 10 best Lincoln-related sites in Illinois"]
Other sites of
interest in downtown Lincoln
Lincoln Public
Library (a Carnegie building)
725 Pekin St.
Logan County
Genealogical
& Historical Society
114 N. Chicago St.
Lincoln City Hall
700 Broadway St.
U.S. Post Office
102 S. McLean St.
Courthouse Square
Historic District
including historic sites, restaurants
and shops
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Logan
County historical landmarks
Atlanta
J.
H. Hawes wooden country elevator. Open Sunday afternoons June through
August. Free.
Atlanta
Public Library and Museum. On National Register of Historic Places.
Built in 1908. Comer of Race and Arch. Phone (217) 648-2112. Free.
Chestnut
Monument
proclaims the geographic center of the state of Illinois. Town was
laid out in 1872.
Elkhart
Elkhart
Cemetery. Richard J. Oglesby, who was elected governor of Illinois in
1864, 1872 and 1884, is buried here; also John Dean Gillett, known as the
"Cattle King of the World," and Capt. Adam Bogardus, wing shot
champion of the world. For tours of the cemetery and John Dean Gillett
Chapel, please phone (217) 947-2238.
Emden
Bethel
Church. Built in 1854. Three miles from Route 136 between Emden and
Atlanta on County Road 20.
Lincoln
Site
of Deskins Tavern. Across the street from Postville Courthouse, 915
Fifth St. Signage. Free.
Site
of well Abraham Lincoln drank from. Across the street from Postville
Courthouse, 915 Fifth St. Free.
Site
of town christening by Abraham Lincoln on Aug. 27, 1853. Lincoln was
the first community in the United States to be named for Abraham Lincoln
before he became famous. Also, Lincoln's funeral train stopped here on May
3,1865. Located at the south side of the Lincoln Depot, Broadway and
Chicago streets. Official Looking for Lincoln signage. Free.
Logan
County Courthouse. Contains second-largest courtroom in Illinois.
Built in 1905. Located on the courthouse square, downtown Lincoln. Open 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; Saturday until noon. Phone (217)
732-6400. Free.
Lincoln
College Museum. Over 3,000 historic items. Lincoln College was founded
and named for President Lincoln on Feb. 12, 1865. Keokuk and Ottawa
streets. Summer hours: 9 to 4 Monday through Friday; 1 to 4 Saturday and
Sunday; closed May 28 and July 4. Free.
Heritage
In Flight Museum. Museum is filled with memorabilia from all U.S.
military conflicts back to World War I. Located at the Logan County
Airport. Phone ahead (217) 732-3333 to confirm hours. Free but donations
accepted.
Lincoln
Public Library. Original Carnegie library built in 1902. Tiffany-style
glass inner dome. 725 Pekin St. Open Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 8
p.m.; Friday, 9 to 6; Saturday, 9 to 3. Phone (217) 732-8878. Free.
Postville
Courthouse State Historic Site. Guided tours. 914 Fifth St. Noon to 5
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Ph. (217) 732-8930 for additional
information. Free but donations accepted.
Middletown
Stagecoach Inn. The inn was on the old stage route from Springfield to
Peoria. Built mid-1800s. Village is also famous for its aeronautical
history. Free.
Mount Pulaski
Mount
Pulaski Courthouse. This building is one of only two original 8th
Judicial Circuit courthouses in Illinois. On National Register of Historic Places.
Was Logan County Courthouse from 1847 to 1855. Guided tours. Open 12 to 5
Tuesday through Saturday. Phone (217) 732-8930. Free.
[Link
to historical information on communities in Logan County]
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Heritage
In Flight Museum open Wednesday-Sunday
A
little-known historical site full of large and small treasures sits
on the outskirts of town on the Logan County Airport property. The
Heritage In Flight Museum building itself is a part of history. It
is a remnant of Camp Ellis, located west of Havana, which was the
largest military training and prisoner-of-war camp in the United
States during World War II. After the war the camp was closed and
the buildings were sold. Logan County Airport is fortunate to have
one of the few remaining structures from Camp Ellis.
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A
little-known historical site full of large and small treasures sits
on the outskirts of town on the Logan County Airport property. The
Heritage In Flight Museum building itself is a part of history. It
is a remnant of Camp Ellis, located west of Havana, which was the
largest military training and prisoner-of-war camp in the United
States during World War II. After the war the camp was closed and
the buildings were sold. Logan County Airport is fortunate to have
one of the few remaining structures from Camp Ellis.
Several
historic items are found outside at the airport, including the
rotating beacon, the green-and-white light that identifies the
airport location to pilots flying at night. Before being moved to
Logan County Airport, it was part of the lighted airway system that
the airmail pilots in the 1920s used to navigate at night. The one
that now resides here was originally located between Lincoln and
Atlanta and provided a bright signal for Charles Lindbergh when he
flew the airmail route between St. Louis and Chicago.
While
outside you can also view a number of aircraft that are on display
from various time periods.
Moving
to the inside, you find that the Heritage in Flight Museum is filled
with items of aviation history from the military and civilian
branches of flying and from the earliest days of open-cockpit
biplanes to the latest jets. Veterans who reside in Logan County
have donated much of what the museum has. Families from the
community have donated items that belonged to our war heroes,
revealing special sentiments, symbolism and forgotten practices that
held a community together in war times. Other items offer a look at
early technology such as the airplane and ship radios. Of the
thousands of items in the museum, each can be said to teach us
something about our past. Visitors can relive history through the
numerous displays, mostly grouped in wartime periods, and gain a
strong sense of patriotism while studying military displays
throughout the building.
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A
guided tour is recommended to get the most from these displays. The
volunteers are both knowledgeable and passionate about their subject
matter and will bring to light little-known nuances that make the
displays fascinating.
The
museum is always interested in adding items of aviation history. Its
greatest need, however, is for more volunteers to help in the
guardianship of this important gateway to Lincoln and Logan County.
The
museum requires lots of care and maintenance. Members are always
looking for interested people of all ages to help care for it, share
their interests and preserve a bit of aviation history.
Heritage
In Flight Museum is operated by an all-volunteer, nonprofit
organization: Heritage-In-Flight, Inc. You are invited to come meet
the members and sit in on their meetings anytime. Meetings take
place at 1 p.m. the first Saturday of each month in the terminal
meeting room.
The
museum is a great resource to educate our youth about our
aeronautical and military past and shares the wealth of military
traditions from a community and national perspective. Schools, youth
groups and families are welcome.
Heritage
In Flight Museum
1351
Airport Road, Lincoln
Open
Wednesday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Phone:
(217) 732-3333
Call
the airport and leave a message to request a guided tour, schedule a
time during the week or ask for more information.
Also visit
www.heritageinflight.org.
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You
can read more about HIF from the archives of LDN. Go to http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2001/Feb/15/comunity/business.shtml#Logan
County is host to a unique museum rich in special military stories
and treasures
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