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Bicentennial Commission Grant Updates
The Honorable Bruce D. Stewart, Presiding Justice of the Fifth District Appellate Court in Mt. Vernon, assisted with the unveiling of a statue partially funded by the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. The unveiling was during a ceremony on the Appellate Court lawn September 18.
This past year the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission awarded a grant to Cairo School District to assist in the development of a reading room at the Junior/Senior High School. As part of their reading room program, students became immersed in history by researching and making clothing of the 19th century. You can see for yourself the results of their efforts in the below pictures of some Cairo students participating in the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Reunion Tour in Jonesboro on September 13.
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