Upcoming events at the Mount Pulaski Courthouse
Celebrate Mary Lincoln's birthday on Friday the 13th
Mount Pulaski Remembrance service slated for New Year's Eve

 

[December 10, 2019] 

Celebrate Mary Lincoln's Birthday Dec. 13 at Mount Pulaski Courthouse

Visitors are invited for cake and coffee to help celebrate the anniversary of the birthday of Mary Lincoln on Friday, December 13 from 12:00 noon until 4:00 p.m. at the Mount Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site. Mary Todd was born on December 13, 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky and lived there until she moved to Springfield, Illinois to live with her sister when Mary was 18.

Mount Pulaski Courthouse Service of Remembrance on Dec. 31

On Tuesday, December 31 at 7:00 p.m., the 10th annual Service of Remembrance will be held at the Mount Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site.

As participants stand in front of the Courthouse, the names of all those community members who have passed away during 2019 will be read.

After each name is read, the old school bell on the Courthouse lawn will be tolled. The service was begun on New Year's Eve of 2010 as Mount Pulaski was beginning its 175th anniversary celebration. It has become a new tradition which honors all those who have gone before us. For more information, phone [phone].

[ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES]