2008 City Ornament Celebrating Lincoln's 200th Birthday The 2008 edition of the Springfield City Ornament Series celebrates the bicentennial of Abraham Lincolns birth. A reproduction of Lincolns stovepipe hat is suspended within a sphere of gold ribbons which are engraved: Illinois Celebrating Lincolns 200th Birthday Lincoln Bicentennial 1809 2009 Each ornament is accompanied by a signed-and-numbered certificate which includes a brief timeline of Lincolns life. Springfield artist Katie Grant contributed the ornaments design. A limited number of the 24-karat gold plate ornaments will be produced. Please allow three - four weeks for delivery. |