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Lincolns Secret Visit to West Point

Yorktown Historical Society Presents at Their annual meeting, Lincoln's Secret Visit To West Point.  Presentation by Anthony Czarnecki, Trustee of Westchester Society and former President of Peekskill’s Lincoln Society. A Clandestine Trip to the US Military Academy in the Middle of the Civil War (June 1862).  

Lincoln was inaugurated in 1861.  It's now been 150 years since Mr. Lincoln's visit to West Point.  

An article on this subject will be published in Spring 2012 issue of the New York History Journal.  Also a new Lincoln Museum is opening up soon in the old Railroad Station in Peekskill.  Join us for this historical presentation.

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