Saturday, February 9, 2013
Sunday's Lincoln Day at the Forbes House Museum has been postponed due to the winter weather.
Forbes House Museum announces that its 2013 Lincoln Day will be postponed due to the recent snow storm. Instead of holding the annual event tomorrow, February 10, Lincoln Day will take place on Sunday, March 3, from 1 to 4 p.m. "We want to have plenty of guests at Lincoln Day, and know that the storm will inhibit many folks from attending," says FHM Director, Robin Tagliaferri. "We also want everyone to be safe. Our re-enactor groups and program presenters are happy to accommodate the change of date, so we look forward to having everyone at Forbes House on 3 March." The Lincoln day tradition was instituted by Mary Bowditch Forbes (1878- 1962) in 1924, and is an important annual special event at Forbes House Museum. -Forbes House Museum
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
The annual Lincoln Day celebration will take place at the Forbes House Museum this weekend.
Forbes House Museum will hold its annual Lincoln Day on Sunday, 10 February 2013, from 1-4pm, at 215 Adams Street, Milton, MA. Festivities will include drills and demonstrations by the B Company 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and the United States Sanitary Commission Boston Branch (the 22nd Massachusetts ladies civilian group). A rededication ceremony will take place for the newly restored Lincoln Cabin lead by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. A commemorative, limited edition postcard, featuring historic photos of the cabin, will be distributed to visitors. First Lady Lincoln will also mingle with guests and inspect and address the troops. Museum Educator, Paolo DiGregorio, will give …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Re-enactors performed drills and gave speeches as part of the annual Lincoln Day celebration at the Forbes House Museum.
As with in past years, the re-enactors at the Forbes House Museum’s Lincoln Day celebration were the major draw. On Sunday, February 12, attendees lined the back of the home to watch a re-enactor of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln inspect and address the troops. Aside from the re-enactor for Lincoln’s wife, the 7th Tennesse Company G, 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Salem Zuaves, U.S. Sanitary Commission and others donned garb from the Civil War era to entertain and inform those at the event.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Re-enactors and other Civil War area items drew a large crowd on Sunday for the Forbes House Museum's Lincoln Day.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Lincoln Day, a tradition in Milton since 1924, was another sweeping success on Sunday, February 12, at the Forbes House Museum. Families milled around the grounds of the Adams Street property throughout the day on Sunday, despite cold temperatures. Attendees visited the replica of the cabin Abraham Lincoln was born in, viewed the FHM collections and watched re-enactors from the Civil War era. Forbes House Executive Director Robin Tagliaferri said the greatest draw at the annual event is always the re-enactors. A re-enactor of First Lady Mary Todd, several companies of soldiers and the United States Sanitary Commission Boston Branch, the 22nd Massachusetts ladies civilian group, headlined the event. The Forbes House Museum also opened its …
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Friday, February 10, 2012
The Dorchester Banner, which was used in a march for Abraham Lincoln's presidential campaign, will be part of the Forbes House Museum Lincoln Day Celebration on Sunday.
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Forbes House Museum will hold its annual Lincoln Day celebration on Sunday, February 12, from 1 to 4 p.m. at 215 Adams Street, Milton. Festivities for this event have been expanded in celebration of Milton’s 350th anniversary with support from the Milton Public Schools. The Dorchester Banner, used by the Wide Awakes party in a march for presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in 1860, will be on display. The banner was given to Mary Bowditch Forbes by John H. Means, son of Sergeant John H. Means of Company E First Regiment Infantry of Massachusetts. In a letter dated October 8, 1928, Means writes, “So that after all this Banner comes to you from good hands. In considering what I should do with it, I felt that to place it in your hands, as …
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