The Lincoln Heritage Committee of DeWitt County recently donated a copy of Abraham Lincoln Traveled This Way: The America Lincoln Knew by local professional landscape photographer and Lincoln Heritage Committee of DeWitt County member, Robert Shaw, and renowned Lincoln scholar, Michael Burlingame, to the Vespasian Warner Public Library. The full-color, 274 page volume which contains photographic images by Shaw and narrative by Burligame is available for circulation at the library. The book is also available for purchase through the Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce office. For each copy sold through the Chamber, Shaw will donate a portion of the purchase price to the Lincoln Heritage Committee of DeWitt County. For information regarding the Lincoln Heritage Committee of DeWitt County, please contact the Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau at 217-935-3364 or visit www.lincolnheritageofdewittcounty.com.
Pictured are Marian Brisard (LHC), Vespasian Warner Public Library Co-Director, Joan Rhoades who accepted the book, Joey Woolridge (LHC) and Dan Hauffe (LHC).