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Message: Lincoln in Kansas - 200th anniversary tour Lincoln in KansasDate: 2/24/2009 - 7/26/2009Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tues.- Sat. 1 -5 p.m. SundayLocation: Kansas Museum ofHistory, 6425 SW 6thAdmission: From $5 to FreeContact: 785-272-8681Website: www.kshs.orgDescription: The 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth is celebrated in this display of objectsassociated with our 16th President’s life and times. Lincoln visited Kansas in1859 to make political contacts. These contacts paid off the following year atthe Republican Party’s convention, where he was chosen as its presidential candidate.image courtesy of www.kshs.org http://www.tscpl.org/guides/comments/lincoln_in_kansas_-_200th_anniversary_tour/