People People planner Authors to discuss "St. Louis Parks" Join authors and acclaimed local historians NiNi Harris and Esley Hamilton for a passionate armchair journey through the St. Louis City and County gems featured in their new book, “St. Louis Parks.� The public presentation is at the Missouri Botanical Garden on Saturday, July 7 at 11 a.m. in the Shoenberg Theater, with an introduction by Dr. Peter Raven, president emeritus of the Garden. A book signing in the Garden Gate Shop will immediately follow the presentation at noon. The event is included with Garden admission. The photo-rich hardcover book “St. Louis Parks� delivers portraits of St. Louis City and County parks. Explaining why these common spaces are crucial to the region’s way of life, Harris and Hamilton take readers through major and minor parks in the city and county, respectively. Local attractions from Tower Grove Park to Lafayette Park to Forest Park are included in the 176-page hardcover. Photography by Mark Scott Abeln and Steve Tiemann evokes the unique character and history of each park. “St. Louis Parks� is co-author NiNi Harris’s 10th book on St. Louis history and architecture. Co-author Esley Hamilton has worked as a historian and preservationist for the St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation since 1977. The public presentation is from 11 a.m. to noon in the Shoenberg Theater of the Garden’s Ridgway Visitor Center, with the book signing immediately following from noon to 1 p.m. in the Garden Gate Shop. The “St. Louis Parks� presentation and book signing is included
with Missouri Botanical Garden admission of $8 for adults and free for children ages 12 and under. St. Louis City and County residents enjoy free admission on Saturday before noon and are $4 thereafter. Missouri Botanical Garden members are free. The Missouri Botanical Garden is located at 4344 Shaw Blvd. in south St. Louis, accessible from Interstate 44 at the Vandeventer exit and from Interstate 64 at the Kingshighway North and South exit. Free parking is available on site and two blocks west at the corner of Shaw and Vandeventer. For general information, visit w w w. m o b o t . o rg o r c a l l ( 3 1 4 ) 577‑5100 (toll-free, 1‑800‑642‑8842). Follow the Garden on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.
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History exhibit stops at SIUE  “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,� a traveling exhibition opened at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Lovejoy Library on June 20 examines how President Abraham Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War— the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties. Lincoln is widely acknowledged as one of America’s greatest presidents, but his historical reputation is contested. Was he a calculating politician willing to accommodate
slavery, or a principled leader justly celebrated as the Great Emancipator? This exhibition provides no easy answers. Rather, it encourages visitors to form a nuanced view of Lincoln by engaging them with the late president’s struggle to reconcile his policy preferences with basic American ideals of liberty and equality. This exhibition develops a more complete understanding of Abraham Lincoln as president, and the Civil War as the nation’s gravest constitutional crisis. Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States in 1860, at a time when the nation was on the brink of war. Lincoln struggled to resolve the basic questions that divided Americans at the most perilous moment in the nation’s history: Was the United
States truly one nation, or was it a confederacy of sovereign and separate states? How could a country founded on the belief that “all men are created equal� tolerate slavery? In a national crisis, would civil liberties be secure? Lincoln used the Constitution to confront these three crises of war, ultimately reinventing the Constitution and the promise of American life. The library is sponsoring free programs and other events for the public in connection with the exhibition. Contact Erik Estep, social sciences librarian (618650-3206 or eestep@siue.edu) or visit siue.edu/lovejoylibrary for more information. “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War� will be on display at the library until August 3, 2012.
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