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  • if you go Kentucky State Fair

    State fair will feature Lincoln exhibits

    By Thomas S. Watson

    LOUISVILLE — Kentucky native son Abraham Lincoln will be honored during the 104th Kentucky State Fair with a display that recognizes his birthplace, rise to the presidency and accomplishments as chief executive.

  • ‘Our Lincoln' to be presented at Kennedy Center

    Program originally premiered at UK

    By Rich Copley

    When University of Kentucky Opera Theatre director Everett McCorvey was readying the Our Lincoln program for the stage of the Singletary Center for the Arts last February, he called it a ”Kennedy Center Honors-style production. Next February, McCorvey will, in fact, take the multifaceted show to the Kennedy Center.

    On Tuesday morning in the Kentucky Capitol rotunda, Gov. Steve Beshear and lawmakers including U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler joined McCorvey and co-producer Virginia Carter to announce that Our Lincoln will be presented at the venerable Washington venue on Feb. 2, 2009, a week and a half before the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth.

  • The man and the many myths: Busted, plausible or confirmed?

    By Cheryl Truman

    Let's clear up one thing right off: We're not here to talk about the Lincoln myths that have real academic value. Whether America's most esteemed president was a humanitarian or eloquent dirt bag, a moral leader or venal schemer, matters naught to us.

    MULTIMEDIA
    • Photo slide show: Centre students travel to see who has best claim to Lincoln
    • Lincoln's Home
    • Lincoln's Burial Place
    • Lincoln's Hometown
    • Finding Abe
    OTHER LINCOLN LINKS
    • Lincoln and Kentucky
    • Kentucky Historical Society
    • History Mobile
    • Lincoln facts
    • QUIZ: Test your Abraham Lincoln knowledge
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