Mount Pulaski Courthouse to celebrate
Lincoln's Birthday with Harriet Tubman as its special guest
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[January 26, 2015]
MOUNT PULASKI - Kathryn M. Harris will
portray Harriet Tubman at the Mount Pulaski Courthouse on Saturday,
Feb.7, as the Mount Pulaski Courthouse Foundation celebrates Abraham
Lincoln’s Birthday.
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Harris is Library Services Director at the Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois. Harriet Tubman was a
former slave and a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Harris has
portrayed Tubman and other historical characters for several years.
On Feb.7, the Courthouse will be open from noon to 4 p.m. The main
program will be at 1 p.m. Everyone will be greeted by Abraham and
Mary Lincoln. Indoor games and craft activities for Lincoln’s
Birthday and Valentine’s Day will be available for children from
Noon to 3:30 p.m.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2015/Jan/26/images/ads/current/cca_laptop-sda021709.png) Mike and Jennifer Richner of Hilltop Catering will again donate Mary
Lincoln’s famous cake. A new addition to the refreshments will Abram
Lincoln’s favorite: apple pie. Refreshments will also be available
from Noon to 3:30 p.m. The birthday committee urges everyone to come
and honor Abraham Lincoln whose presence has made Mount Pulaski and
Central Illinois famous throughout the world.
Kathryn Harris is a native of Carbondale. She is a graduate of
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and then the University
of Illinois-Graduate School of Library and Information Services,
Urbana. She has held positions at the Illinois State Library, the
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Library, the Florida
International University Library, the Lincoln Library: Springfield’s
Public Library, and the Illinois State Historical Library which
became the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library (ALPL). She will be
retiring from the ALPL at the end of March, 2015.
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In September, 2012, Kathryn Harris was honored and humbled to
introduce “Harriet” to participants at the Annual Leadership
Conference sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus in
Washington, D.C. In September, 2013, “Harriet” participated in
the Mentoring Summit sponsored the National Alliance of Faith
and Justice in Washington, DC.
The Mt Pulaski Courthouse Foundation was founded in 2011 to
raise funds to care for the Courthouse building and to plan
programs to attract visitors to become aware of history.
Currently, the Foundation is working to raise Abe’s Million- a
million dollars to repair structural and other problems in the
building. Learn more at mountpulaskihistoriccourthouse.org
[Barbara Stroud-Borth]
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