The “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation” officially ended on Friday March 20th. It is traveling on to Louisiana this week and from there to sixteen other cities through the year 2011.
Thank you to all of the presenters and performers who made this a one of a kind experience:
-Dr. George Rable
-The Christian Home Educators in Lowndes County
-Chris Small
-Chuck Yarborough
-Carol West
-The 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Turner’s Battery
-Pat Arinder
-Dr. Thomas Cockrell
We would also like to thank all of those who helped support us in this endeavor including the American Library Association, National Endowment for the Humanities, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Huntington Library, Lincoln Bicentennial, Mississippi Humanities Council, Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau, Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library, The Billups-Garth Foundation, Columbus Historic and Heritage Foundation, Columbus Lowndes Historical Society, Columbus Main Street Organization, and the Southern Women’s Institute at Mississippi University for Women.
We will continue to work hard to provide such educational opportunities for our local community in the future!
Thanks again,
Staff of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library
