Lincoln Heritage Days
Celebration
July 3-5, 2008

Picture Gallery from Past Celebrations

 

Date Event Information
Thursday, July 3rd
"Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial"

12:00 noon
Kick-Off
Lincoln Heritage Days Kick-Off at St. Clara's Manor on 5th street.
FREE Cook out and car show.
4:00 pm
Kiosk Dedication by Main Street Lincoln on the Court House Lawn
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Ice Cream Social
"Picnic in the Park"
Latham Park $1.00 per person.  Ice Cream courtesy of Culvers. 
Chicken Dinner: $7.00                                         
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Logan Railsplitting Association presents a crosscut saw, railsplitting, and a tomahawk throwing demonstration in Latham Park.
 
6:00 pm
"Abraham Lincoln Reflects on Gettysburg"
Lincoln Presenters - Latham Park
Recognizing the 145th anniversary of the climactic day of the great battle.  Max and Donna Daniels as Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.
6:45 pm
"Lincoln in Logan County"

Presenters: Paul Beaver, Professor Emeritus, Lincoln College & Ron Keller, Curator of the Lincoln Museum at Lincoln College.
Presented in the Women's Club building across from Latham Park.

Power Point presentation will feature Ostendorf's prints of Lincoln's activities in Logan County and other points of interest and photos of County Historic Sites.

8:00 pm - 12:00 midnight

Dancing in the Streets

On the square, Down Town Lincoln 


Band: "Vintage Daze"
Friday, July 4th 10:00 am
"Let Freedom Ring"
Line up at Scully Park.  Registration at 9:00 am.  Call: Lincoln Park District 217-732-8770
Fourth Annual Old Fashioned Children's Walking Parade with tricycles, bicycles, strollers, wagons, floats and pets (no motorized vehicles).  Prizes will be awarded.
11:00 am
Water Balloon Fight with the Lincoln Fire Department at Lincoln Park District
 
12:00 noon
Splashapooza.
Fun, games, and Prizes at the Lincoln Park District Pool.
1:00 pm - 8:00 pm
4th Annual Flea Market/Community Garage Sale at Scully Park
Space Available $10 per day for each 10' x 15' space.
For further information, call Chuck or Judy at (217) 732-4805
6:30 pm
Vintage Baseball at Lincoln Park District: Lincoln Fire Dept. vs. Rural Fire Dept.
 
8:00 pm
Music by DJ Kevin Curry at Lincoln Park District
 

8:00 pm - 12:00 midnight

Dancing in the Streets

On the square, Down Town Lincoln 

Band: "The Shake"
Saturday, July 5th 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Community Garage Sale/Flea Market
at Scully Park
See above for further information
9:00 am- 5:00 pm
Downtown Merchants: Red, White, and Blue Sales
 
11:00 am- 3:00 pm
Cruise-In on Kickapoo Street
Call 217-732-3519 or 217-732-3245
12:00 pm-2:00 pm
Audra's Studio of Dance
at 500 block of Pulaski St.
 
1:00 pm-4:00pm
Ice cream social at The Oasis
 
3:00 pm- 6:00 pm
Meet the Logan County Veterans
Free Watermelon feed
at Courthouse Lawn

8:00 pm - 12:00 midnight

Dancing in the Streets

On the square, Down Town Lincoln 

Bands:

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Gregory Ray, "The Amazing Elvis Guy"

8:00 pm - 12:00 midnight: "Imagine That"

Sponsors: Dan Hardin, State Bank of Lincoln, Casey's General Stores, CEFCU, Lincoln College, First Wok Chinese Restaurant, Central Illinois Carpenter's Health & Welfare Fund, Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Eaton Employee's Credit Union, Lincoln Printers, City Beverage, Illini Bank, Lincoln Logan May Enterprises Inc. Agency, Action Cash Advance, Action Rentals, Senator Larry Bomke, Representative Rich Brauer, Apple Dental Center (Dr. Leroy S. Gurga), American Legion Post #236, IL American Water Corp., Lincoln Heating & Cooling, Old Joe's, NAPA Auto Parts

Friends: McAllister Printing, Serendipity Stitches, Lincoln Carmike Cinemas, R.W. Garrett Agency Inc., Cheryl Farney-Unique Images