BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5e5163b4577e0747e5ac2522fc98c6a144 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:Presentation of Lincoln Portrait - Franklin County LOCATION:Franklin County Courthouse\, 100 Public Square\, Benton, IL 62812 DESCRIPTION:
To commemorate the Illinois bicentennial, the Illinois Judges Associatio n and Illinois Judges Foundation boards, the Illinois State Bar Associatio n and Illinois Bar Foundation boards and the Illinois State Historical Soci ety approved a joint project to oversee and pay for the installation of a m agnificent photograph of lawyer Abraham Lincoln in every one of the state&r squo;s 102 counties by the end of 2018.
The lifelike canvas photograp h in a rich stained-wood frame is a clear and commanding portrait of Lincol n at 30β x 40β. Lincoln considered the photograph his favorite.
The Illinois State Historical Society owns the glass-plate positive image made from a long gone original negative. The beardless Lincoln sat fo r the Chicago photographer Alexander Hesler on June 3, 1860, at the Old Sta te Capital in Springfield. Anyone who has seen the reproduction will agree with the ISHS that it βis perhaps the finest pre-presidential image of Lincoln ever taken.β
The portraits are to be placed in publ ic view for years to come, recalling Lincoln the lawyer, the leader, and the man, as well as our participating organizations.
The presen tation is scheduled at the Franklin County courthouse, Public Square, Bento n, IL at 1:00 p.m. on August 24, 2018 and all members of IJA are invited an d encouraged to attend.
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