Hal Holbrook to help launch cinematic Lincoln tribute

CHAMPAIGN – Abe Lincoln already was getting a film festival for his birthday, and his well-wishers are making sure there will be plenty of music.

Sponsored by the Champaign County Historical Museum and the Champaign County Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, the film festival will take place at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign on March 12 to 15.

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