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IDAHO REMEMBERS LINCOLN SLATED FOR APRIL !5, 2015 at noon

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


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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 CELEBRATES THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR ON THURSDAY, APRIL 9 AT 1PM

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, In : Civil War 150th Anniversary event 
IDAHO WILL CELEBRATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR WITH A BELL-RINGING CEREMONY AT THE SOLDIER'S MONUMENT IN  BOISE'S MORRIS  HILL CEMETERY, STARTING AT 1:00 PM TO COINCIDE WITH  THE RINGING OF THE BELLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO MARK THIS HISTORIC EVENT.

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Saturday, March 28 is Park Day 2015 and we need a few volunteers...

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Friday, March 27, 2015, In : Idaho Civil War 150th Event 
Idaho Civil War 150th Commission is looking for a few good volunteers (families invited) to do a little light cleanup of the leftover winter/ early spring debris at the Civil War veterans sector of the cemetery/park at Morris Hill Cemetery on the Boise Bench. Commemorative Civil War Trust T-shirts, and bottled water will be given to the volunteers who can donate an hour of their Saturday morning for a good cause. 

WHEN: Saturday March 28, 2015 starting at 9:00am
WHERE: Morris Hill Cemetery loca...
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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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Idaho wishes President Lincoln a happy 206th birthday this month!

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Saturday, February 28, 2015, In : Idaho Civil War 150th Event 


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Idaho Civil War Sesquicentennial program "Sunday in the Park with Lincoln" begins this February

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Saturday, February 28, 2015, In : Civil War 150th Anniversary event 

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Merry Christmas 2014 from the Idaho Civil War 150th @ Ft Boise's Surgeon quarters

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Monday, December 22, 2014, In : US Western history with connection to American Civil War 


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How the Lincoln Family spent their last Christmas in the White House in Dec 1864

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, In : Civil War 150th Anniversary event 


For the December 17, 2014 meeting o the Idaho Civil War Roundtable, the topic will be "December 1864: How newly re-elected President Abraham Lincoln and his family spent their last Christmas in the White House." As always, the meeting will be held starting at 6:30pm at the downtown branch of the Boise Public Library located at 715 S. Capitol Blvd in the 3rd floor Marion Bingham room. The program is free and open to the public.

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Idaho observes the 151st Anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 2014 in downtown Boise

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Thursday, November 20, 2014, In : Idaho Civil War 150th Event 

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Idaho commemorates the 151st Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address at the Lincoln Statue at the State Capitol in Boise

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Thursday, November 20, 2014, In : Idaho Civil War 150th Event 

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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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137 years ago this week, Henry Stanley, the most famous "Galvanized Yankee" of the American Civil War makes an important discovery in the African continent

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, In : world history with connection to the Civil War 

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Atlanta in ruins in September 1864 - for Sept 10 lecture by the Idaho Civil War Roundtable

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Friday, September 5, 2014, In : Idaho Civil War 150th Event 

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Free lecture in Boise,Idaho observes 150th Aniversary of Adm.Farragut and Battle of Mobile Bay

Posted by K.C. Piccard on Tuesday, August 5, 2014,

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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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