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The Lincoln Memorial Shrine

A Lincoln Museum in Redlands, CA

Two hundred years after his birth, the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln continues to fascinate and inspire. Born into poverty on the edge of an untamed frontier, his rise from obscurity to greatness has become a symbol of the universal hope that we can all improve our circumstances in life.

The Lincolns Go to the Fair

(Lincoln Memorial Shrine)

On April 18, 1864, Mary Lincoln sent a note to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury George Harrington requesting the services of Treasury Department employee Charles Forbes to care for her son Thomas (affectionately known as Tad) while she and the President visited Baltimore. As a person trusted by the family, Forbes alternated between serving as a valet, footman, attendant, and driver, as needed. The President and First Lady traveled to Baltimore on the occasion of Lincoln’s address to the U.S. Sanitary Commission’s Sanitary Fair on April 18, 1864. With his second presidential campaign set to begin the following month, April was a busy time for Lincoln. In addition to speaking at the Sanitary Fair, he wrote two Executive Orders and eight special messages to Congress. Read the rest of the story in LMA Newsletter, Spring-Summer 2013.

 

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Mission Statement

As a museum and memorial, the Lincoln Memorial Shrine seeks to deepen the understanding of President Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War and its impacts on generations of Americans through education, interaction, exhibition, and research.

Donate to the LMS

If you would like to give a donation to the Lincoln Memorial Shrine, please contact Nathan Gonzales, Curator at (909)798-7632 or heritage@akspl.org.

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Contact Us

Research Center - (909) 798-7632

Museum - (909) 798-7636

125 West Vine Street Redlands, CA

 

Group Tours

Tours are temporarily unavailable.

Hours of Operation

Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday Closed
Thursday Closed
Friday Closed
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

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The Lincoln Memorial Shrine is a unit of the Special Collections Division of A.K. Smiley Public Library. The Watchorn Lincoln Memorial Association, a 501 (c)3 tax deductible organization oversees the WLMA endowment.