[OPLINLIST] PRESS RELEASE At Lincoln's Deathbed: One Woman's Recollections

[Kelton House Museum & Garden]

 Same press release attached.



FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE


Contact: Georgeanne Reuter
Director
Kelton House Museum & Garden
586 E. Town St. Columbus, OH 43215

614-464-2022
keltonhouse at cs.com
            
Kelton House Museumand Garden Announces
A Civil WarSesquicentennial Program
 
(Columbus,March 2, 2015) – 
 
AtLincoln’s Deathbed, One Woman’s Recollections
Presented by Caroline Van Deusen
 
Elizabeth Lord Dixon, confidant of Mary Todd Lincoln and ancestorof Caroline Van Deusen, had a unique view of Lincoln’s passing. Mrs. VanDeusen’s great-great grandmother was the loyal friend of Mary Todd Lincoln whoaided and comforted the First Lady throughout the night long vigil at thePeterson House. 
 
Caroline Van Deusen will share her research into that moment inhistory through the eyes of her ancestor on Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 2:00p.m.at the Kelton House Museum, 586 E. Town Street. Admission is $5 per person.Reservations are recommended. Call 614-464-2022 for reservations.
 
FreeParking is available in the Museum lot on Franklin Avenue.
 
Visitwww.keltonhouse.comfor more information about the Kelton House Museum & Garden.
 
General Information
 
TheKelton House Museum & Garden is located at 586 E. Town Street in downtown Columbus.  Built in 1852 by Fernando Cortez and SophiaStone Kelton, the House has been preserved with Kelton family treasures fromthe 1800s.  Strong abolitionists, theKelton family hid fugitive slaves and gave long term support to a particularAfrican-American family. In 1975, when Grace Kelton, the granddaughter ofFernando and Sophia, died, her will entrusted the property to the ColumbusFoundation with the stipulation that her family home be preserved and used as amuseum of local history and the decorative arts. In 1976, The Junior League ofColumbus took on the task of renovating and restoring the house and garden tocreate a museum of 19th-century life.
 
Today,the Kelton House Museumand Garden is a community service of the Junior League of Columbus that offersan ongoing program of house tours, special events and educationalopportunities. An active volunteer program provides a training ground forindividuals interested in historic preservation, the decorative arts, AmericanHistory and museum management.
 
TheKelton House was honored to receive the 2014 Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Holiday Cultural Awareness Award for its Underground Railroad Learning Stationprograms, the Museum’s signature educational program.
 
Formore information about the Kelton House Museum and Garden please visitwww.keltonhouse.com or call 614.464.2022.
 
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Kelton House Museum & Garden
A Service of the Junior League of Columbus
586 East Town Street
Columbus, OH 43215
614.464.2022
keltonhouse at cs.com

Visit our websites:
www.keltonhouse.com
www.keltonhouseevents.com

Tour the Kelton House Museum & Garden
Docent-led Tour Sunday 1, 2 & 3 pm
Audio Tour is available:
Saturday 1-4 pm
Sunday 1 - 4 pm
Monday-Friday 10 am - 4 pm
Last Audio Tour begins at 3 pm


Click the link below to
Support the Kelton House by joining
The Friends of Kelton House

http://www.jlcolumbus.org/columbus/npo.jsp?pg=store








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