Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1718
The following is excerpted from a press release composed by Ashley McColgan, FHM Communications Intern from Curry College for the Forbes House Museum
DORCHESTER BANNER WILL BE ON VIEW FOR LINCOLN DAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012.
Forbes House Museum will hold its annual Lincoln Day celebration on Sunday, 12 February 2012, from 1-4pm at 215 Adams Street, Milton. Festivities for this event have been expanded in celebration of Milton’s 350th anniversary with support from the Milton Public Schools.
The Dorchester Banner, used by the Wide Awakes party in a march for presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in 1860, will be on display. The banner was given to Mary Bowditch Forbes by John H. Means, son of Sergeant John H. Means of Company E First Regiment Infantry of Massachusetts. In a letter dated October 8, 1928, Means states, “So that after all this Banner comes to you from good hands. In considering what I should do with it, I felt that to place it in your hands, as patriotic a woman as you are it would be best. I am pleased that you are willing to accept it.”
Lincoln day will offer an afternoon full of activities to commemorate the Civil War, including drills and rifle firings with re-enactors, demonstrations, and interactive Civil War exhibits.
Hot chocolate will be served in the tradition begun by Mary Bowditch Forbes in 1924. Suggested donation for Lincoln Day is $5 per family. The Lincoln Day celebration includes a concert of Civil War music with Dixon’s Gold at 4:30pm at the Pierce Middle School Auditorium, Central Avenue, Milton. Dixon’s Gold will perform with mandolin, mandocello, string bass, penny whistle, clarinet, banjo, trumpet and guitar along
with vocals. The audience will be encouraged to sing along.
Tickets are $10 per person for adults; $8 per person for members; $25 for a family of four; $20 for a member family. For more information on programs and events at Forbes House Museum, including Lincoln Day, please visit their website:
http://www.forbeshousemuseum.org
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