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Lincoln Dinner Banquet in Honor of Lincoln's Visit to Peekskill
A Lincoln Dinner Banquet will be held in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's visit to Peekskill 150 years ago on his way to his Presidential Inauguration in Washington, DC.
The "black-tie invited" affair will feature an open-bar cocktail hour, live band, dancing, 4-hour open bar dinner party, book signing event, silent auction, dessert buffet with coffee, tea & cordials.
The featured speaker will be Dr. Eric Foner, author of The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery (2010) and DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University.
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There will be a Lincoln and Civil War Painting Art Exhibit by Paul R. Martin III and a Lincoln Sculpture Exhibit by Richard Masloski.
This event is sponsored by the Lincoln Society.