Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 12, 13 and 14, 2009
Civil War Museum, 5400 1st Avenue

This event marks the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Civil War Museum and will focus on the Lincoln Bicentennial. Activities include:

• On Friday, June 12, 2009, meet BILL KURTIS, Chicago area journalist and Civil War historian, and MICHELLE MARTIN, Civil War reenactor, in this personal, theatrical presentation. This is a special ticketed event. Call the Civil War Museum at 262-653-4141 for more information.
  
• Keynote speaker James MacPherson will discuss the history of the Civil War with a focus on the Upper Middle West.
• Theater presentations featuring actors portraying Cordelia Harvey, the "Wisconsin Angel" who helped improve conditions for wounded soldiers and William Herndon, Lincoln's law partner.
• Professional storyteller Tom Clark will share Civil War era stories.
• Civil War era music and activities for children and adults, crafts, and period games.
• A late 18th century art fair featuring tin-types, woodcarving, weaving, and blacksmithing.
• Musket drills and a live eagle during the "Eagle and Friends" program by the Schlitz Audubon Center.

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