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The Hon. Mark Q. Rhoads
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MAY EVENTS
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- Memorial Day Commemoration, Program and Reception
- Honoring Civil War General John A. (Black Jack) Logan,
- Founder of Memorial Day
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- 10:00 a.m. - Logan Mausoleum: Armed Forces Retirement Home
- 1:00 p.m. - Military Band Concert: Logan Circle
- 2:00 p.m. - Color Guard and Speaker: Logan Circle
- LINCOLN, THE 1862 RICHMOND CAMPAIGN AND THE DECISION FOR EMANCIPATION
- Sponsored by the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia
- DATE: Saturday, June 8, 2013
- TIME: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm (RAIN OR SHINE)
- DEPARTURE: King Street Metro Station, Alexandria, VA
- COST: LGDC Members and ISS Members: $35.00 without lunch. $50.00 with lunch.
- Non-Members: $65.00 (includes membership). $80.00 with lunch
- BUY ON LINE: Follow this link to the Lincoln Group web site to purchase your space and your lunch option. http://www.lincolngroup.org/june_picnic2013.html
- CONTACT FOR ISS MEMBERS: Questions? ISS members should contact the ISS host, Rodney Ross, at 202-357-5253 or rod.ross@comcast.net
- The Illinois State Society is joining the Lincoln Group of Washington DC on this all-day bus tour where you will experience the swirl of the political and military events through the first half of 1860. Craig Howell, a licensed DC guide specializing in Civil War battlefield tours, will take you through the the events after McClellan's shocking failure to capture the Confederate capital that led to President Lincoln's decisive change of heart and to his issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
- Major interpretive tour stops include the Seven Days battlefields at Beaver Dam Creek, Gaines Mill, and Malvern Hill. Short optional walks will be offered at each. LAST DAY TO RESERVE IS MAY 23! http://www.lincolngroup.org/june_picnic2013.html
MONDAY, MAY 27
10:00 a.m. - Logan Mausoleum (followed by cemetery tour)
Co-sponsored by the Armed Forces Retirement Home, President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home, and the Illinois State Society Afternoon Programs 1:00 p.m. - Logan Circle - Band Concert 2:00 p.m. - Logan Circle - Program, with keynote speaker Gary Ecelbarger, author of "Black Jack Logan: An Extraordinary Life in Peace and War." Co-sponsored by the Logan Circle Civic Association, the National Park Service, and the Illinois State Society Illinois State Society Historian Mark Rhoads will speak at both programs.JUNE EVENTS
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SATURDAY, JUNE 8
