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'Spooktacular Evening with Abe' Oct. 18 at presidential museum
Family
event features haunted exhibits, storytelling, crafts, games and
kids' costume contest
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[October 11, 2012]
SPRINGFIELD -- Families are
invited to come in costume and enjoy a "Spooktacular Evening with
Abe" on Oct. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential
Museum in downtown Springfield.
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 The event is suitable for all ages and includes historical
characters "haunting" the exhibit journeys, special eerie lighting
and music, a kids' costume contest with prizes, spooky storytelling
in Union Theater, a scavenger hunt, crafts and games, and a special
showing of "Ghosts of the Library." Refreshments will be provided,
and the museum's gift shop will be open during the evening.
The cost is $10 per family, and tickets must be purchased by
Monday. Call 217-558-8934 or visit
www.presidentlincoln.org
for
tickets.
Children must be accompanied by adults, and adults in costume are
asked to refrain from wearing masks or hoods.
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The "Spooktacular Evening with Abe" is sponsored by the Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation. Foundation members and
their families may attend for free, and they need to preregister by
calling 217-557-5589 or email
rsvp@alplm.org. For information about becoming a foundation
member, visit
www.presidentlincoln.org/member.
[Text from
Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
file received from the
Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency] |
