The American Legion Department of Illinois
2015 Oratorical Contest

The 78th Annual Oratorical Contest will be held March 7, 2015 at the Peoria Civic Center

All contestants and chaperones arrive Friday, March 6, 2015 for a mandatory pre-contest briefing with Oratorical Contest Program Coordinator, Joy Wilson.

After the briefing, the contestants, already placed in brackets, are paired up with their Oratorical Contest Room Moderator. They are given a tour of facilities and an opportunity to check acoustics in their respective contest room. A Pizza Party, hosted by The Americanism Commission, honoring all contestants will be held Friday evening after the contest briefing, and tour.

On Saturday, March 7, 2015 the American Legion High School Oratorical competition will begin.

The Department of Illinois winner advances to the National Oratorical Finals.

The 2015 National Oratorical Finals will be held April 10-12, 2015 in Indianapolis, at the Wyndham Indianapolis West Hotel, 2544 Executive Dr., Indianapolis, Indiana.

Quarterfinal and semifinal contests are scheduled for Saturday, April 11, with the finals scheduled for Sunday, April 12.

SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS
Drawing February 12, 2015
Springfield, IL

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Honoring Lincoln at home
with a re-created funeral
By Kim Foley MacKinnon Boston Globe correspondent February 07, 2015

Feb. 12 is Abraham Lincoln's birthday, an event usually lumped in with Presidents' Day, when we Americans supposedly pay homage to all our presidents or, some believe, to Lincoln and Washington, whose birthday is Feb. 22 (which became a national holiday in 1885). But if we're honest like Abe, it seems the third Monday of February is a holiday for blowout car sales, three-day vacation packages, and for taking off school and work.

While Lincoln's birth may be glossed over (that bicentennial was widely celebrated in 2009), the 150th anniversary this year of his death most certainly won't be. President Lincoln died April 15, 1865, after being shot the night before at Ford's Theatre in Washington, a fact most grade-schoolers know. What many children - and adults - don't know is that his funeral turned into an almost unbelievable spectacle.

After an elaborate service at the White House, Lincoln's body went on a 15-day, 1,700-mile train trip, stopping for no fewer than 12 funeral processions in cities such as New York and Chicago, where his body was removed from the train and displayed in an open casket. Historians say that the funeral "tour" was the most prolonged, elaborate, and most repeated ceremony in US history. Mourners by the tens of thousands waited hours to pay their respects. Solemn crowds would gather to watch as the train slowly made its way to Springfield, Ill., where Lincoln would finally be entombed.

The 2015 Lincoln Funeral Coalition aims to do it one more time, at least the part held in Springfield. The organization is re-creating the
AP Photo/Library of Congress

funeral, down to the tiniest details, from an exact handmade replica of the coffin to descendants of the original 19th-century pallbearers posing as their relatives to a copy of the original flag draped on the coffin made by the same company, still in business today.

The three-day event, scheduled May 1-3, is being organized by Katie Spindell, chairwoman of the all-volunteer coalition. She has worked for five years on the project, which she explained is in no way a festival or a profit-driven enterprise.

"We're doing this right, with the dignity and integrity it deserves," Spindell said. "It could only happen here in Springfield. We have one time to do this."

Civil War reenactors, numbering in the thousands, will be encamped in the city over the weekend. Among a slew of scheduled activities, from lectures to concerts, the main event starts with the arrival of the funeral train at the station on May 2, carrying the replicated coffin of President Lincoln (which will remain closed).

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Deadline for Reservations : May 10th, 2015 --- NO WALKINS --- 200 Guest Maximum

See 2015 Armed Forces Day PDF for reservation form and more info.

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The Legionnaire Insurance Trust is pleased to announce that online enrollment is now available for the LegionCare No Cost Accidental Death benefit. Please be sure to help spread the word about this one-of-a-kind benefit offered exclusively to Legionnaires. LegionCare provides all Legionnaires with:

• $5,000 in Accidental Death Coverage for covered accidents that occur if you are traveling on official Legion business.

• $1,000 for all other covered accidents.

• 24/7 protection that covers Legionnaires at home, at work and while they are travelling away from home available for all Legionnaires in your Department.

To learn more or to sign up, please visit http://www.thelit.com/no-cost-legioncare.