See the Gettysburg Address at ALPLM's next edition of Tales from the Vault

Join the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in celebrating America’s independence during a special edition of Tales from the Vault that will include an up-close look at the Gettysburg Address.

The free event will be held at 12 p.m. Central time on July 8 at the ALPLM’s library building (112 N. Sixth Street, Springfield). It can also be seen on Facebook Live by visiting the ALPLM Facebook page.

The Tales from the Vault program will feature historian Ian Hunt discussing ALPLM artifacts related to American independence and freedom, including the story of Lincoln’s grandfather buying a fife and drum for the soldiers he led during the Revolutionary War.

The highlight will be the chance to see the Gettysburg Address, which rarely leaves the ALPLM vault. Written in Lincoln’s hand, it is one of just five copies in existence. Lincoln used the address to connect the struggle of the Civil War to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

It is now regarded as one of history’s most powerful expressions of freedom and liberty.

Tales from the Vault is a monthly collaboration between the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the Illinois State Museum, and the Lincoln Home National Historic Site.

For more information, visit http://www.PresidentLincoln.Illinois.gov or follow the ALPLM on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.