Groups honoring Lincoln s birthday
Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree
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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will be celebrating President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in conjunction with two veterans organizations Friday.
The department will be working with the American Legion Springfield Post 32 for its 87th annual National American Legion Pilgrimage, in which participants will walk to the final resting place of Lincoln and his family.
The wreath ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site in Springfield.
The VFW Department of Illinois will meet at noon at the site to honor the annual Voice of Democracy audio essay program. The program is for high school students to express themselves through recorded patriotic-themed essays.
from Common Dreams
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