Note: At Hotel

Afternoon: Check-in after 4 PM.

Dinner: Meet for get-together in hotel lobby at 5 PM followed by dinner in hotel at 5:30 PM.

Evening: Program overview following dinner. Acknowledgment of the 151st anniversary of the day President Lincoln read a near final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation and signed it.

Lodging: President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center

Meals Included: Dinner

The Road to A House Divided: Experience Lincoln and history at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site and Lincoln Home National Historic Site.

Note: Walking day in downtown Springfield

Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel, starts serving at 6:30 a.m

Morning: Walk to Lincoln Home National Historic Site for a presentation on the "The Diversity of Springfield, Illinois and the U.S." View the movie "Journey to Greatness" and exhibits in the Visitor Center, tour the Lincoln Home and self-guide through the historic neighborhood. Walk to the Old State Capitol.

Lunch: Box Lunch

Afternoon: Lecture on "Lincoln as Lawyer & Politician - "Decisionmaking" speech by Guy Fraker, followed by a guided tour of the Old State Capitol to see where the "House Divided" spech was delivered.Free time in late afternoon to tour Lincoln's Law Office, the National Museum of Surveying or walk the downtown area to see the "Looking For Lincoln" wayside exhibits.

Dinner: Dinner at hotel

Evening: Lecture on the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debate on slavery, Lincoln's rise in national prominence and his election in 1860, and the decisions facing President-elect Lincoln as he prepared to leave for Washington, D.C. by LLCC History Professor John Squibb.

Lodging: President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Visit the Illinois State Military Museum, Camp Butler National Cemetery and Lincoln's Tomb.

Note: Day on motor coach

Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel, starts serving at 6:30 a.m.

Morning: Visit the Illinois State Military Museum for presentations and exhibits on soldiers and the Civil War presented by staff and volunteers.

Lunch: Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon: Visit Camp Butler National Cemetery with re-enactors from the 10th Illinois Volunteer Calvary to learn of the pre-cemetery Civil War history, its use to house Confederate prisoners, and as the final resting place of Union and Confederate soldiers. Visit Lincoln's Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery to learn about the final resting place of Lincoln and his family. Enjoy some free time before dinner.

Dinner: Dinner at hotel.

Evening: Presentation, “Camp Butler during the Civil War” by Kathleen Heyworth, historical researcher for the camp. Learn about its origin as training grounds, life there when it became a prison and how the site developed into a national cemetery.

Lodging: President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Note: Walking day in downtown Springfield

Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel, starts serving at 6:30 a.m.

Morning: Discover how the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library idea was developed by Dave Blanchette. Self-guide through the museum to explore the exhibits and multimedia presentations. See rarely displayed artifacts in the Treasures Gallery and exhibits related to the Civil War.

Lunch: Lunch inside the Museum.

Afternoon: Free time to continue your exploration of the Presidential Museum exhibits and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Or use the time for other sites you want to visit in Springfield such as the African American Museum nearby.

Dinner: Dinner at hotel.

Evening: A presentation on the "Lincoln Collection" by James Cornelius, Curator, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

Lodging: President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Note: At hotel.

Depart From: Check out of hotel by 11 a.m.

Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel, starts serving at 6:30 a.m

Morning: Lecture and discussion on "Legacies of the Civil War: Social and Economic."

Meals Included: Breakfast