Exciting news! Curt Witcher, Director of the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library, will be one of the esteemed panelists at the upcoming Symposium on Healthy Aging and the Role of the Family History Community. In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, this symposium takes place tomorrow, May 22, from 1-5pm ET and is free to watch online via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_etlw9GNpTyO2trdqtQ0kpg#/registration Important topics include: ✅ Understanding the health and cognitive issues facing an aging American population. ✅ How aging, isolation, and loneliness affect cognition – and how to assist those impacted. ✅ How the family history community can help our communities and the aging population. ✅ Activities that individuals and organizations, such as genealogy societies, libraries, archives, and museums (SLAMs), are conducting to support healthy aging. Register now! (fb)

🔍 FREE Virtual Program | May 28 at 2pm ET The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy: Tragedy at Ford’s Theatre Presented by Jessie Cortesi Registration is required: acpl.info/LincolnAssassinationConspiracy Through art, photographs, and other artifacts in the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, learn about the events of that tragic day, discover the conspirators’ fates, and follow along the twelve-day manhunt for Booth. This program is part of the Linking Lincoln series from the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research. 📸: Abraham Lincoln's deathbed (fb)