Farmington Historic Plantation in Louisville will host three-weeks of Lincoln-related programming beginning in October 2008. Farmington is a 14-room federal style home that was the center of the 19th century hemp plantation of John and Lucy Speed.
Location:
3033 Bardstown Road
Louisville, Ky 40205
Phone:
502 452-9920
This program was funded, in part, by a grant from the Kentucky Humanities Council and the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
"Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed: An Enduring Friendship," Exhibit Opening
Date: February 11, 2008
Harvest Festival and Opening Day of Three Weeks at Farmington
Date: October 12, 2008
Venue: Farmington Historic Plantation
Dramatic Presentations including Numerous Historical Re-enactments recreating Lincoln’s 1841 arrival to the plantation.
Setting the Scene: Louisville 1841
Local, State and National Issues
Date: October 14, 2008
Venue: Farmington Carriage House
11 a.m. to noon: Lecture by Dr. John Kleber
Noon to 12:30: Boxed Lunch
12:30 to 1 p.m.: “Lincoln & Farmington: An Enduring Friendship”
1 to 2:30 p.m.: “Farmington’s Story” a panel moderated by John Kleber. Participants include: Kathy Nichols, Pen Bogert, Lori Stahlgren, and Andrea
Saylor
Lincoln's Footprints 1841
Date: October 18, 2008
Venue: Farmington Historic Plantation & Bus Tour
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Lecture by Mary Jean Kinsman and Architectural Bus Tour of three plantation lead by Carolyn Brooks, Historian. Box lunch included.
African American Genealogy Workshop: Farmington Historic Plantation & Louisville Free Public Library
Date: October 18, 2008
Venue: Main Branch, Louisville Free Public Library Centennial Room
9:00am-9:30: Welcome
9:30-11:15: Local Resources Presentation: Western Branch Library Archives, the Filson Historical Society, University of Louisville Archives,
Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville Genealogical Society, Kentucky Historical Society, & Kentucky Military Museum
11:30-1:00: Panel Discussion: Cassandra Sea, Walter Hutchins, Keith Winstead, & Juanita White
2:00-3:30: Louisville Free Public Library Genealogy Workshop (Print, Microfilm, and Online): Joe Hardesty
James Speed: Lincoln’s Attorney General
Date: October 23, 2008
Venue: Filson Historical Society
Lecture by Ginny Cole, and Judge Fred Cowan, member of the Louisville Bar Association, and Dr. Thomas Mackey
Panel Discussion Sponsored by the Louisville Bar Association, The Filson Historical Society, & Farmington Historic Plantation
Slavery in the Ohio River Valley in the 19th Century
Date: October 25, 2008
Regional bus tour led by Benjamin Baggett of the Portland Museum
9:30am-3:30pm
9:30-10:30 a.m.: Coffee and tour of exhibit at Farmington
10:30-11:00 a.m.: Second and Main Slave Pens
11:00 am. -12:15 p.m.: Portland Wharf Park, Slave Crossings
12:15-1:00 p.m.: Lunch at Portland Museum with Presentation
1:00-1:30 p.m.: Second Baptist Church in New Albany, Indiana
1:30-2:30 p.m.: Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany, Tour of Exhibit: Ordinary Lives Extraordinary Courage
2:30-3:30 p.m.: Presentation by Blaine Hudson
Parallel Lives: Farmington and Oxmoor Sisters
Date: October 26, 2008
Venue: Farmington Historic Plantation
A short play exploring the impact of two events, a fire at Farmington and Abraham Lincoln’s 1841 visit to the plantation, from the perspective of sisters Lucy Fry Speed and Mildred Fry Bullitt. Two enslaved sisters, Phillis Thurston, from Farmington, and Jinnie, who lived at Oxmoor, describe the events from the cabins behind the main house.