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2008 Alice Parker Award Winner

The Monmouth Civic Chorus
Dr. Mark Shapiro, Artistic Director
Close to Perfect, Close to Home


Abraham Lincoln Lincoln quote: Slavery and Democracy

Lincoln Bicentennial

A birthday tribute in music, theater and history
Readings, opera, spirituals and
balads of the Civil War era
The Gettysburg Address and other Lincoln writings set to music

All Tickets Will be Free of Charge!
Reservations are strongly recommended
Subscribe and get premium reserved seats.

Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, 3:00 pm
at the Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank NJ

Abraham Lincoln - Quote of the Day

Abraham Lincoln Quote 7/24/08
Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them. Abraham Lincoln, May 17, 1859 Letter to Theodore Canisius
Abraham Lincoln Quote 7/23/08
Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding that of any other nation of the earth. In it the world has found a solution . . .
Abraham Lincoln Quote 7/22/08
To the best of my judgment I have labored for, and not against the Union. Abraham Lincoln, October 29, 1858 Speech at Springfield, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln Quote 7/18/08
All this talk about the dissolution of the Union is humbug -- nothing but folly. We WON'T dissolve the Union, and you SHAN'T. Abraham Lincoln, July 23, 1856 Speech at Galena, Illinois . . .
Abraham Lincoln Quote 7/17/08
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its . . .