•August 2, 2017•

Jessica Michna will present a first-person portrayal of Mary Lincoln as she recalls her early years and education in Lexington, Kentucky at the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 5. Michna’s performance will take place in the site’s visitor center auditorium and is free and open to the public.

She will tell of Mary’s move to Springfield where she would meet and marry a young prairie lawyer. From the couple’s early married years in Springfield to their life in Washington, Mary regales her audience with stories of her boys, including her biggest boy, Mr. Lincoln. During this time of national strife, the Lincolns would suffer personal tragedies, concluding on that fateful day in April 1865.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.