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The Illinois Bicentennial: Oct. 16 Event Sponsored by the Edgar Speaker Series

The Illinois Bicentennial: An Event Sponsored by the Edgar Speaker Series at Eastern Illinois University

About the Speaker: Dr. Samuel Wheeler is a serving member of the Illinois Bicentennial Commission and director of research and collections at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, where he oversees the state's most treasured artifacts and documents related to the sixteenth president and the first two centuries of Illinois history. In introduction will be provided by former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar.

Event Details

• Time: 7 p.m.
• Date: Tuesday, October 16
• Place: EIU's Buzzard Hall Auditorium