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Lunch with the Lincolns
Museum event celebrates President’s birthday
School set for ‘Parent Camp’ this Sunday
Concerned Citizens group hosts county commissioner
Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary
Todd Lincoln, will celebrate the former
president's birthday with a luncheon at
the Plymouth Historical Museum this
Sunday, Feb. 12.
The Lincolns--portrayed by Fred and
Bonnie Priebe--will talk about the involve-
ment of Michigan in the Civil War and
about mourning customs of 1862, the time
of their sonWillie's passing.
The lunch and program will begin at
noon and continue until 2 p.m. The lunch-
eonmenu includes several of Mr. Lincoln's
favorite foods.
“We are fortunate to have the largest
collection of exhibited Lincoln memora-
bilia in the state,” said MuseumExecutive
Director Elizabeth Kerstens. “Lincoln's
birthday seemed a perfect time to invite
folks here to enjoy it.”
Opened in 2002, the Abraham Lincoln
Exhibit at the Plymouth Historical
Museum is a result of the lifetime collec-
tion amassedbyDr.WeldonPetz.
Highlights of the Weldon Petz Lincoln
Room include:Artifacts from Lincoln's
youth;a rare book belonging to Lincoln as
a boy; rare family genealogy and photo-
graphs; handwritten legal documents and
law books; life mask of Lincoln made in
1860; Civil War art; a lock of Lincoln's hair;
artifacts from the Lincoln assassination;
Lincoln and Hamlin presidential cam-
paign banner that hung on the
Starkweather home in Plymouth in 1860
and the Lincoln archives containing more
than 1,200 books, photographs, and clip
files.
Classes and tours of the museum and
the Lincoln collection are available by
trained museum guides and teachers,
Kerstens said.
Bill Cottrell, a guide in the museum
Lincoln Room, said that interest in
Lincoln and the Civil war remains high
more than 150 years after his death.
“There are several Civil War
Roundtables in the area,” Cottrell said.
“Including one here in Plymouth. It's a
reflection of how people still regard
Lincoln andhis presidency.”
Tickets, $30 for members and $35 for
non-museum members, are available at
. Admission
includes the special exhibit “Celebrating
Plymouth -150 Years”, the Lincoln Room
and all othermuseumareas.
The Plymouth Historical Museum is
located at 155 S. Main St. Plymouth MI
48170. The Plymouth Historical Museum
also features a late 19th-century Victorian
recreation of Main Street, tracing the
growth of the small town from the railroad
depot to the general store. A Timeline of
Plymouth is the newest permanent exhib-
it, featuring displays on the Daisy Air
Rifle, Ford Village Industries, the Alter
Motor Car, World War II, communication
history, andmuchmore.
A large group of campers is
expected to descend on
Northville High School this
Saturday.
There won't be campfires and
s'mores, however, as these
campers are parents of students
in the district who will hear a
panel of admission representa-
tives from colleges and universi-
ties throughout the Midwest, and
have access to 30 breakout ses-
sions on various topics led by dis-
trict educators.
This is the second annual
Parent Camp and is planned
from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the
high school located at 45700 Six
Mile Road in Northville.
Admission is free and no pre-reg-
istration is required.
Colleges and universities rep-
resented in the Keynote Session
will include Alma College,
Eastern Michigan University,
Michigan State University,
Oberlin College, Schoolcraft
College and the University of
Chicago. The panel will outline
the college admissions process,
as well as share insights into find-
ing the “right fit” for students, the
changing world of higher educa-
tion, and how to help students
successfully transition to life on
his or her own. There also will be
time for questions from the audi-
ence. In addition, representatives
fromthe colleges and universities
participating in the Keynote
Session will host individual
breakout sessions.
Registration and refreshments
will begin at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 11
with the Keynote Session starting
at 9 a.m. Breakout sessions will
take place from 10:10--11 a.m.;
11:10 a.m.-noon; and 12:30-1:20
p.m. There will be a short
refreshment break from noon-
12:30 p.m. All sessions will con-
clude by 2 p.m.
For more information about
Parent Camp, contact the office of
instruction at (248) 344-3520.
Wayne County Commissioner
Joe Barone, R-Plymouth, will be
the featured speaker at the Feb.
15 meeting of the Plymouth
Concerned Citizens at the
PlymouthDistrict Library, 223 S.
MainSt. Plymouth.
Barone, who has a law prac-
tice on Main Street in down-
town Plymouth, is serving his
first elected two-year term rep-
resenting the 10th Wayne
County Commission District.
Barone was appointed to fill a
vacancy in 2015 created when
Shannon Price resigned his
county commission seat after
being appointed Plymouth
TownshipSupervisor.
The 10th District includes
Plymouth and both Plymouth
and Canton townships. Barone
and Terry Marecki of Livonia
are the only two Republicans
serving on the 15-member coun-
ty commission.
The meeting starts at 7 p.m.
and is open to the public. For
more information visit: ply-
mouthconcernedcitizens.com.
Fred and Bonnie Priebe
