Posts Tagged ‘Sangamon River’
April showers and Lincoln’s life
By Carol Jenkins Shafer | April 12th, 2017 | Categories: News | Tags: Black Hawk War, Sangamon River, Spring
April at Lincoln's New Salem is a month of springtime as the trees and pastures "green-up" and the wild flowers burst into bloom. April is fresh and exciting. Even spring rains are welcomed as everybody knows that April showers bring May flowers. But did you know that April also brought Lincoln to New Salem? It's true! Lincoln's cousin Dennis Hanks, tells us th ....
“My Heart’s Home” Edgar Lee Masters and the Sangamon Country
By Carol Jenkins Shafer | August 5th, 2016 | Categories: Sangamon River, theater | Tags: Ann Rutledge, Edgar Lee Masters, Mark Mathewson, Sangamon River, theater
The New Salem Lincoln League is proud to sponsor Theatre in the Park! The 2016 season will have the world-premiere of a new production! "My Heart’s Home, Edgar Lee Masters Celebrates the Sangamon Country", directed by Phil Funkenbusch, is an original presentation featuring the works of Edgar Lee Master's poetry with original music by Mark Mathewson. The poems cente ....