McHenry County Civil War Round Table and Historical Society Look at Lincoln on Assassination Anniversary-- Part 1

From the April 10, 2015, Northwest Herald (McHenry County, Il.) "McHenry County Historical Society program looks at Lincoln in assassination anniversary."

This held in Union, Illinois, an appropriately named place to observe the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865.

The McHenry County Historical Society and the McHenry County Civil War Round Table held a joint meeting on April 14th at the McHenry County History Museum in Union starting at 7 p.m. in observance of the anniversary.

Actor Ron Halverson, member of the Racine (Wis.) Theater Guild was selected by the Kenosha (Wis) Civil War Museum to portray Lincoln's friend and business partner William Herndon.  Herndon wrote a definitive biography of Abraham Lincoln in the 1890s and the presentation id based on its contents.

Herndon published "the first and arguably best account of Lincoln's life" in 1888.  He was the third and last of Lincoln's law practice partners.

--Old Secesh