{"id":2517,"date":"2024-12-27T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2024-12-27T09:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:42:49","slug":"michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Burlingame is Featured Speaker at Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Prominent Abraham Lincoln scholar, author, and professor Michael Burlingame will be the featured speaker at the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA) Birthday Banquet on Saturday, February 15 at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel in Springfield. Four renowned Lincoln authors and historians will highlight the free Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium earlier in the day, which will feature discussions on Abraham Lincoln and lynching, Stephen Douglas\u2019s greatest speech, new Lincoln and Civil War information sources, and America\u2019s first civil rights movement.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Lincoln Birthday Symposium and Banquet, usually held on February 12 on Lincoln\u2019s actual birthday, is being celebrated on February 15 to take advantage of the three-day Presidents\u2019 Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Burlingame is the former ALA president and the foremost living scholar of Lincoln, and his banquet speech will be \u201cAdventures and Misadventures of a Lincoln Scholar.\u201d James M. McPherson, redoubtable historian of the Civil War, has said that Dr. Burlingame \u201cknows more about Lincoln than any other living person.\u201d Burlingame, holder of the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, is the author of&nbsp;<i>Abraham Lincoln: A Life; The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln; An American Marriage: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd; The Black Man\u2019s President: Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality;<\/i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i>Lincoln and the Civil War.&nbsp;<\/i>He is also the editor of many collections of Lincoln primary source materials. In 2008&nbsp;<i>The Atlantic<\/i>&nbsp;rated the 2-volume&nbsp;<i>Abraham Lincoln: A Life&nbsp;<\/i>one of the five best books of the year. A graduate of Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University, Burlingame taught at Connecticut College in New London for many years before joining the UI Springfield faculty in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span>The February 15 Banquet, held this year to observe the 216<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;birthday of Abraham Lincoln, will take place at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel in downtown Springfield. A reception starts at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $100 each and can be obtained online at&nbsp;<span color=\"#0000ff\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abrahamlincolnassociation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.abrahamlincolnassociation.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1735395792755000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3_goGwEIzT9OECmlq9OiTM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.abrahamlincolnassociation.<wbr \/>org<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>by calling (217) 546-2656 (217-LINCOLN), or by email to&nbsp;<span color=\"#0000ff\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:KaySmith.ala@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KaySmith.ala@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">A new feature of the evening this year is a Silent Auction of a few select items donated to the ALA in order to be sold for the benefit of its educational programs. Books, artworks, photographs, and other collectibles will be displayed for written bids, and cash or checks can be accepted in payment. Delivery can be arranged for successful bidders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The banquet is one of many activities scheduled each year to commemorate Lincoln&#8217;s birthday. The Abraham Lincoln Association&#8217;s annual Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium will also be held on Saturday, February 15, beginning at 10 a.m. at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel in downtown Springfield. The free presentations begin with Timothy S. Good, who will discuss \u201cLincoln and Lynching.\u201d Good is the author of six books including&nbsp;<i>We Saw Lincoln Shot: One Hundred Eyewitness Accounts&nbsp;<\/i>(1995);&nbsp;<i>The Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the Making of a President&nbsp;<\/i>(2007); and&nbsp;<i>The Allied Air Campaign against Hitler\u2019s U-Boats&nbsp;<\/i>(2022).<\/p>\n<p><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The next session, which begins at 10:45 a.m., will feature \u201c\u2018Protect the Flag\u2019: Stephen A. Douglas\u2019s Greatest Speech\u201d presented by Edward Robert McClelland, the author of&nbsp;<\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Chorus of the Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to Save the Nation.<\/i><\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;McClelland\u2019s work has also been published in the&nbsp;<\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>New York Times<\/i><\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">, the&nbsp;<\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Washington Post<\/i><\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">, and&nbsp;<\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Time<\/i><\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;magazine. McClelland is a longtime Illinois resident and works as an editor at&nbsp;<\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Chicago<\/i><\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The Thomas F. Schwartz Symposium Luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel, when the featured speaker will be Jonathan W. White, professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University and a director of the ALA. White is the author or editor of 19 books including&nbsp;<\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>A House Built By Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House<\/i><\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;(2022), co-winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize. White\u2019s luncheon talk, to be shared with his co-author William J. Griffing of Batavia, Illinois, is titled \u201cRediscovering the Great and Good Man: Unearthing New Sources about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The final program, to follow the luncheon, will be presented at 1:15 p.m. by Kate Masur, a professor at Northwestern University who specializes in the history of race, politics, and law in the U.S. She is the author, among other books, of&nbsp;<\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Until Justice Be Done: America\u2019s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction<\/i><\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History (2021); and&nbsp;<\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Freedom was in Sight! A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, DC Region<\/i><\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;(with Liz Clarke). Masur\u2019s symposium presentation is \u201cAmerica\u2019s First Civil Rights Movement: Fighting the Midwestern Black Laws of Lincoln\u2019s Era.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span>A roundtable discussion led by banquet speaker Michael Burlingame will follow at 2:15 p.m. All five symposium speakers and Burlingame will sign their books from 3 to 4 p.m. Books will be available on site.<\/p>\n<p><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The Symposium talks and roundtable discussion are free and open to the public. Lunch will be offered, and lunch reservations are required. The luncheon is $45 per person and reservations can be made at&nbsp;<\/span><span color=\"#0000ff\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span color=\"#196ad4\" style=\"color: #196ad4;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abrahamlincolnassociation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.abrahamlincolnassociation.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1735395792755000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3_goGwEIzT9OECmlq9OiTM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.abrahamlincolnassociation.<wbr \/>org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">or by calling (217) 546-2656 (217-LINCOLN). The reservation deadline for the banquet or symposium lunch is February 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The Symposium is named for Benjamin P. Thomas (1902-1956), the renowned Lincoln biographer and one-time Executive Secretary of The Abraham Lincoln Association. The symposium is supported by a generous gift of Thomas&#8217;s daughter, Sarah Thomas, and her family to The Abraham Lincoln Association Endowment Fund. For more information about the Abraham Lincoln Association, please visit&nbsp;<\/span><span color=\"#0000ff\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abrahamlincolnassociation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.abrahamlincolnassociation.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1735395792755000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3_goGwEIzT9OECmlq9OiTM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.abrahamlincolnassociation.<wbr \/>org<\/a><\/span><\/span><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prominent Abraham Lincoln scholar, author, and professor Michael Burlingame will be the featured speaker at the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA) Birthday Banquet on Saturday, February 15 at the President Abraham [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael Burlingame is Featured Speaker at Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 15 - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Burlingame is Featured Speaker at Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 15 - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T15:39:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T15:42:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ala-logo-full-640.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"213\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Website Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Website Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Website Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9b80e0700387eec6cfcf4024ab321e9e\"},\"headline\":\"Michael Burlingame is Featured Speaker at Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 15\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-27T15:39:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T15:42:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":974,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/ala-logo-full-640.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\\\/\",\"name\":\"Michael Burlingame is Featured Speaker at Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 15 - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/ala-logo-full-640.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-27T15:39:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T15:42:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"Effingham's News and Sports Leader\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/ala-logo-full-640.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/ala-logo-full-640.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":213,\"caption\":\"The Abraham Lincoln Association\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Michael Burlingame is Featured Speaker at Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 15\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/premier-logo-v1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/premier-logo-v1.png\",\"width\":272,\"height\":69,\"caption\":\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9b80e0700387eec6cfcf4024ab321e9e\",\"name\":\"Website Admin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/webdev\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Michael Burlingame is Featured Speaker at Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 15 - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Michael Burlingame is Featured Speaker at Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 15 - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","og_description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/","og_site_name":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","article_published_time":"2024-12-27T15:39:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-27T15:42:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":213,"url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ala-logo-full-640.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Website Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Website Admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/"},"author":{"name":"Website Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9b80e0700387eec6cfcf4024ab321e9e"},"headline":"Michael Burlingame is Featured Speaker at Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 15","datePublished":"2024-12-27T15:39:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-27T15:42:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/"},"wordCount":974,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ala-logo-full-640.jpg","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/","name":"Michael Burlingame is Featured Speaker at Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 15 - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ala-logo-full-640.jpg","datePublished":"2024-12-27T15:39:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-27T15:42:49+00:00","description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ala-logo-full-640.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ala-logo-full-640.jpg","width":640,"height":213,"caption":"The Abraham Lincoln Association"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2517-michael-burlingame-is-featured-speaker-at-abraham-lincoln-birthday-banquet-on-february-15\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Michael Burlingame is Featured Speaker at Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 15"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/","name":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/premier-logo-v1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/premier-logo-v1.png","width":272,"height":69,"caption":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9b80e0700387eec6cfcf4024ab321e9e","name":"Website Admin","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/author\/webdev\/"}]}},"modified_by":"Website Admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2524,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions\/2524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}