events 2009

Abraham Lincoln: The Greatest American President 

Exhibition celebrating 200th birthday of the president who played the central role in the great national drama of the Civil War. Born in Kentucky, raised in Indiana, and achieving fame in Illinois, Lincoln was driven by principle and  ambition to save the Union and give it a  “new birth of freedom”.

At the American Center Lobby from May 5 untill August 31, 2009.

Opening hours: Monday to Thursday from 1 p.m. till 4 p.m.

More information about Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial:

• Lincon Bicentennial
• The Abraham Lincoln Illinois Bicentennial Commission
• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
• Smithsonian magazine: Lincoln's Contested Legacy
  Great Emancipator or unreconstructed racist? Defender of civil liberties or subverter of the Constitution? Each generation evokes a different Lincoln. But who was he?