The September 1st Daily Herald had an article about the upcoming bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth and provided a list of Lincoln-related sites in DuPage County on the outskirts of Chicago.
AURORA HISTORICAL SOCIETY-- has a letter from Lincoln written while he was a lawyer.
BATAVIA DEPOT MUSEUM-- has the dresser and bed of Mary Todd Lincoln used while she was at Bellevue Sanitarium.
BELLEVUE PLACE SANITARIUM-- converted to apartments at 333 S. Jefferson Street in Batavia.
BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY-- in Lisle has a copy of a NY paper from the day Lincoln died, a photo album of Lincoln and his generals and a chair from ther train that took the newly-elected president to Washington, DC.
CAPTAIN MARCELLUS E. JONES HOME-- at 221 E. Illinois Street in Wheaton- With 8th Illinois Calvary. Fired first shot at Gettysburg.
HOWARD HOUSE HOTEL-- Mary Todd Lincoln rumored to have stayed here under an assumed name. Now apartments at 123 S. Third Street in St. Charles.
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Coalition of DuPage County has lots of activities planned for this upcoming year.
Get Your Lincoln Here. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
