MACOMB, IL – The Macomb Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (MACVB) has announced that they will be holding the inaugural Unforgettable Lincoln Day on Saturday, October 7th, from 4:00 to 10:30 p.m. in the historic downtown Courthouse Square and Chandler Park.
Unforgettable Lincoln Day was designed to coincide with the first weekend of the region’s annual Spoon River Drive in an effort to encourage visitors to consider Macomb’s lodging, restaurants and attractions.
The event will feature multiple activities including “selfie” opportunities with the nation’s leading Abraham Lincoln interpreter, live entertainment from singer/songwriter and roots musician Chris Vallillo, Looking For Lincoln’s Illinois Freedom Project display, Macomb’s eATLAS-powered Looking For Lincoln Historic Tour, the world’s only Living Lincoln Topiary Monument, horse-drawn trolley rides, Civil War re-enactors, working Blacksmith, a special “Movie In The Park” presentation of Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award winning film “Lincoln” and the original play “When Macomb Hosted Lincoln: Devising the Freeport Question” by Dr. Tim Roberts, as well as a months-long Looking For Flat Lincoln Scavenger Hunt at Macomb’s Hy-Vee Grocery Store and more.
This program is supported in part by Looking For Lincoln, Visit Unforgettable Forgottonia, eATLAS, Hy-Vee, and a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
For more information explore www.visitforgottonia.com.
