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Rare documents and artifacts pay tribute to 16th president
Following on the heels of its suc­
cessful "W indows on America"
exhibit, which featured some of the
nation's most treasured historical
artifacts and manuscripts, the Or­
egon History Museum has opened
an original exhibit highlighting the
presidency of Abraham Lincoln,
e n title d , "2 Y ears, 1 M onth:
Lincoln's Legacy."
The exhibition focuses on the
time period between Jan. 1, 1863,
when Lincoln signed the Emancipa­
tion Proclamation, and Jan. 31,1865,
A re you up to
when Congress passed the 13th
m y challenge?
Amendment to the Constitution
banning slavery.
"Seven score and nine years have
passed since Abraham Lincoln's
death," said OHS Executive Direc­
tor Kerry Tymchuk, "but his remark­
able life and legacy continue to fas­
cinate Americans. This incredible
exhibit offers a unique opportunity A touch-screen video game at the Oregon History Museum’s
to b e tte r u n d e rsta n d one o f new exhibit on the legacy of Abraham Lincoln allows visitors to
America's greatest leaders and what test their knowledge of the 16th president and the Civil War.
was certainly the most challenging
An Oregon
time in our nation's history."
History Museum
Visitors to the exhibit have the
exhibit on Presi­
opportunity to see a first printing of
dent Lincoln’s
the Emancipation Proclam ation,
legacy contains a
signed by Abraham Lincoln; a
snare drum
House of Representatives official
played
at his
copy of the 13th Amendment, per­
funeral in 1865 by
sonally signed by the then members
William Henry
o f Congress and United States Sena­
Brooks, a Union
tors; m ilitary uniform shoulder
soldier and future
straps worn by General William T.
Portland resident.
Sherman, the actual pen that Presi­
dent Lincoln used in 1862 to sign the PHOTO COURTESY OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Act of Emancipation for the Territo­ that were worn by actors in director dent and the Civil War.
ries , and pieces of fabric from both Steven Spielberg's Academy Award
The Oregon History Museum is
the coat that Lincoln was wearing winning movie, Lincoln.
located at 1200 S.W. Park Ave. in
and the seat in which he was sitting
The exhibit, which runs through downtown Portland. Admission is
the night he was assassinated at July 4, also features a touch-screen always free for Multnomah County
Ford's Theater.
videogame, "Lincoln’s Challenge," residents. Visitor information and a
In addition, the exhibit includes which will allow visitors to test their list of current exhibits can be found
numerous Civil War-era costumes knowledge of America's 16th Presi­ at ohs.org.
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