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Springfield Pre-Conference Tour
Beyond Springfield: Illinois’s Lincoln/Lincoln’s Illinois
THE PRE-CONFERENCE TOUR IS TOTALLY FULL - A THIRD BUS CANNOT BE ADDED.
This one-day Lincoln-themed tour is scheduled for Thursday, May 21. Attendees will travel beyond Springfield to several important historical sites associated with Abraham Lincoln’s rise from obscurity to national prominence. The day begins with tour guide Bryon Andreasen, Research Historian at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, providing an orientation session at the Presidential Library. The tour will then travel to Mt. Pulaski for a presentation on “Lawyer Lincoln” in one of the few courtrooms still existing where Lincoln practiced law. The bus will then across the prairie to Bloomington, Illinois, and the David Davis Mansion, home of Lincoln’s campaign manager and Supreme Court appointee. A tour of the building will include a session on nineteenth century calling card etiquette. After box lunches, the bus will then depart for Lincoln’s New Salem Historic Site for an afternoon of discovery in a pioneer settlement that was roughly contemporary to early Nauvoo. Returning to Springfield the tour will visit the Lincoln Tomb before returning to the conference hotel before dinnertime. Tour guide Bryon Andreason will provide commentary throughout the tour ranging from descriptions of the great nineteenth century prairies to the joys and hardships of circuit court travel. The tour is limited to one bus so register early to guarantee a spot. Cost is $90. Fee includes bus transportation, all entrance fees, and box lunch.

Tour Summary
8:00 am—Tour orientation presentation Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Classroom 8:30 am—Bus departs for Mt. Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site 9:00 am—Bus arrives at Mt. Pulaski Presentation in the courtroom of the Mt. Pulaski Courthouse “A. Lincoln—Prairie Lawyer” 9:45 am—Bus departs for Bloomington (with a drive-by of the Postville Courthouse in Lincoln, Illinois) 10:30 am—Bus arrives at David Davis Mansion in Bloomington Tours / Etiquette o Presentation in the David Davis Mansion 12:00 pm—Bus departs for New Salem (box lunches on the bus) 1:00 pm—Bus arrives at New Salem View orientation video in the visitors center & and tour historic village 3:15 pm—Bus departs for Lincoln Tomb 3:45 pm—Bus arrives at Lincoln Tomb Tour Lincoln Tomb 4:45 pm—Bus departs for President Abraham Lincoln Hotel 5:15 pm—Bus arrives at President Abraham Lincoln Hotel	Mt. Pulaski Courthouse David Davis Mansion Lincoln's New Salem Historic Site Lincoln's Tomb Images Courtesy of Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition