Koerner House, June 6, 2015
06/06/2015
Garry Ladd, Bob Mohrman, Dave Wildumuth, John Fulton, and John McKee presented a living history display at the Koerner House in Belleville, IL.
Koerner was a journalist, lawyer, politician, judge, and statesman in Illinois and Germany and a Colonel of the U.S. Army during the Civil War. He was a friend of Abraham Lincoln and served as a pall bearer for Lincoln's funeral.
The house was built in 1849 and is currently being restored.
Most of the artifacts presented here are from the 50 year collection of Robert Mohrman
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