AND A GRAND TIME WAS HAD BY ALL

The City of Taunton held its official observance of the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln at the Old Colony Historical Society on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Charles Thayer presented a reading and lecture on Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address to a house that included over 140 people. The African-American Club of Taunton High School did a provocative performance presentation on Lincoln, race, and the Emancipation Proclamation. The Historical Society offered door prizes, its own museum display and the display of pennies collected by Taunton's school children (see below). Dr. Thayer's wife, Paula, baked the work of art displayed above. All in all, a very satisfying conclusion to a very productive year commemorating the bicentennial of our 16th President.