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Abraham Lincoln: Self Made in America
New exhibit at local museum portrays life of the 16th President.
At the Joliet Area Historical Museum (JAHM), there is a new exhibit titled Abraham Lincoln: Self Made in America. It is all about Abraham Lincoln's normal life. It is a two-part exhibit.
The second part will come around in September of this year. This exhibit is about Abe ’s involvement in the Civil War.
All but one of the artifacts in the present exhibit, which are replicas, are from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. There is only one artifact from the Smithsonian. This is one of the plates from his Presidential china.
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The exhibit is a traveling exhibit from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Included within the exhibit are authentic pieces of history from two private collections owned by Dr. Joseph Matheu and Daniel Michalak.
"Abraham Lincoln, the son of a subsistence farmer, came of age during a dramatic transformation in America's economic life. Like many of his contemporaries, he embraced a new emphasis on personal initiative, risk-taking, and ambition.
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He was only 22 when he left his family home to find his own way. After enduring a series of personal failures in business, he became a prosperous and devoted attorney and father, successful politician, and, finally, the 16th President of the United States.
While Lincoln benefited from close association with a number of powerful friends, his own talents and ambitions combined with hard work and a dedication to self-improvement to produce a unique American specimen - the self-made man."
This quote came from JAHM.
Abraham Lincoln was a man of many hats [stovepipe hats, at that. :-) ] He also was a patent holder.
"Lincoln is special. Lincoln is our very own," said Dr. Dennis Cremin, JAHM board director and associate professor of history at Lewis University. He is also the director of the Lewis University History Center.
Cremin said the exhibit brings real items of a person, as in Lincoln, and they are put on display in order to help understand his life.
JAHM is located at 204 North Ottawa St. in Joliet. For more information, call 815-723-5201 or visit www.jolietmuseum.org.
