2014 Lincoln Heritage Museum Magazine Lincoln Daily News.com April 26, 2014 5
A grand day for a grand opening
Lincoln Heritage Museum reopens as ‘outstanding’!
Saturday could not have been a more perfect day. The
sun came out early in the morning, warming the air
to a comfortable temperature, and Mother Nature
decided to calm the winds that have tormented Logan
County of late.
As the 10 o’clock hour approached, folks began to
gather at the front doors of the new Lincoln Heritage
Museum on the campus of Lincoln College. They
were there to show support of a long, hard effort to
bring the new museum to fruition, and of course, to
be among the first to get a peek inside at what from
now on can easily be called “the gem” of the college, if
not the entire city and county, and we dare say, maybe
even the Looking for Lincoln territory.
As folks arrived, there were plenty of handshakes and
smiles. This was also the college’s alumni reunion
weekend, so some of the attendees were also enjoying a
chance to visit old friends and classmates.
The official
ceremony
began with
Lincoln College
President John
Blackburn taking
the podium
and welcoming
everyone to the
momentous day.
“This is a dream realized,” he told the group. “It is a
dream that we had for a lot of years, starting in the late
’90s, and probably truly was (the dream of) the leader
of that time, Dr. Jack Nutt.”
Blackburn expressed gratitude to all the contributors,
from state resources to local benefactors, for their
financial support of the museum. He acknowledged
the presence of chamber, city and county board
members, and made special note of former state Sen.
Larry Bomke in attendance.
He acknowledged past and present college board
members and a recently formed group, Friends of the
Museum.
He added much-deserved thanks to the maintenance,
security and dining staff, the faculty, and residents of
the college for their hard work. He finished by saying,
“I think God blessed us today, too. What a day he gave
us.”
Blackburn then
introduced Anthony
Bedford, who sang
the national anthem.
Bedford was the
recipient of the Marvin
D. “Swede” Johnson
Award, given to the
freshman student
who is deemed to
