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"Idaho Remembers Lincoln" will take place at the Lincoln "Emancipator" statue on the Capitol Mall on April 15 2015 beginning at noon (MDT)

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, In : Civil War 150th Anniversary event 

Idaho was created when President Abraham Lincoln established Idaho Territory on March 4, 1863Íž and its citizens have  been commemorating 150th Anniversaries connected to the national observance of the Civil War Sesquicentennial which is ending in April 2015. Unfortunately, this four year period of remembrance also includes the tragic assassination of President Lincoln on April 14, 1865...a few short weeks after his Second Inauguration on March 4, 1865  and after  the surrender of Confederate...


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Idaho commemorates 150th Anniversary of death of President Lincoln

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Monday, March 23, 2015, In : Civil War 150th Anniversary event 
Idaho, which was created when President Abraham Lincoln established Idaho Territory on March 4, 1863; has been commemorating 150th Anniversaries connected to the national observance of the Civil War Sesquicentennial which is ending in April 2015. Unfortunately this also includes the tragic assassination of President Lincoln on April 14, 1865...a few short weeks after his Second Inauguration on March 4 and the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General Ulysses Grant at App...

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Kudos to BSU's Theater Art Dept for staging "Little Women: the Musical" from March 5-8, 2015

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Monday, March 9, 2015, In : Idaho Civil War 150th Event 
It is worth noting that the Theater Art Department at Boise State University actually staged the 4-day run of this popular Broadway musical adaptation of Civil War nurse and author Louisa May Alcott's novel "Little Women" during the very same week that the state of Idaho launched the inaugural "IDAHO DAY" celebration at the state capitol. Of course, on March 4, 1863...our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, created Idaho Territory with a stroke of his pen and two years later on March 4, 1865 del...
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Free lecture at Boise Public Library on "November 12, 2014 meeting of the Idaho Civil War Roundtable

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, In : Idaho Civil War 150th Event 

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7th National Train Day celebration in Idaho observes the 152nd Anniversary of Lincoln's signing of the Pacific Railway Act in 1862.

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Saturday, May 10, 2014, In : Idaho Civil War 150th Event 


What better way to celebrate National Train Day 2014 and the 152nd Anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the first of two  Pacific Railway Acts in 1862 a midst the chaos of the American Civil War with a special event linking the beginning and ending points of the monumental construction of America's Transcontinental Railroad. This  week, the Idaho Civil War 150 Commission will commemorate National Train Day  with a free multimedia program offered to the public on Monday, May 1...
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