Former Lincoln College Professor and Museum Director to speak on Courage
Paul Beaver to Speak at Learn from Lincoln; Live Like Lincoln Series

 

[July 20, 2017]  LINCOLN - The Lincoln Heritage Museum at Lincoln College is proud to present their third installment of the “Learn from Lincoln, Live like Lincoln” Lecture Series on Friday, July 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Heritage Museum on the historic campus of Lincoln College.

The speaker will be Paul Beaver, former Lincoln College professor and past Director of the Lincoln College Museum. A life-long Logan County resident, Beaver has co-authored several books including A Pictorial History of Logan County; Lincoln, Illinois, A Chronology 1853-2003; and Abraham Lincoln in Logan County Illinois 1834-1860.

In addition to his writings, Beaver has been a member of the Abraham Lincoln Association and was one of the founders of the Logan County Abraham Lincoln Heritage Foundation. Beaver has spoken about Abraham Lincoln in Logan County to Lincoln groups and Civil War roundtables in Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., and at the Lincoln Shrine at Redlands University in California as well as in other cities around the country.

At this free community event, he will be discussing Mr. Lincoln’s unique ability to inspire courage from American citizens, both locally and nationally, during the Civil War. Beaver will also be discussing the similarities between Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt in how they could inspire normal everyday citizens to display courage. For questions, please contact the Lincoln Heritage Museum at Lincoln College at [e-mail] or [phone].

[Mark Gordon
Public Relations and Media Manager
Lincoln College]