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Read the essay "Lincoln's Daughter" by Scholar Matthew Pinsker
The Bedell House in Delphos, Ks.
Future plans for the house
Teachers from around the country will be launching the massive campaign to save Grace Bedell's house at 602 Custer St., in Delphos, Ks. on October 18, 2010 by reading "Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers" by Karen Winnick. We are encouraging students to collect pennies to help save Grace's house.
We want children to see that they have the power to do something really important. By helping to save Grace's house, they can see how a historical landmark is created. Children do have the power to make a change.
The winning classroom will receive a free pizza party and a plaque will be made with each of the students' signatures, which will be hung in the Grace Bedell house.
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George and Grace moved into this house at 602 Custer Street in 1870. This house would make a wonderful library/museum. Since Grace was the first librarian in the first library of Delphos, it would be a wonderful tribute to her. The children of Delphos are trying to save her house. Please help them save her house.
A new Grace Bedell letter was found at the National Archives in College Park, Md. in March of 2007. After visiting Delphos, Ks. and walking through Grace's house the Grace Bedell Foundation was established. We are in the process of submitting our non-profit application. We want to thank Earl Clarke and his family for their support in helping us to purchase the house and turn it into the Grace Bedell Museum. With your help we can accomplish this mission. We would like to be able to purchase the house and have a grand opening on November 4, 2008, Grace's birthday and in time for the Lincoln Bicentennial in 2009.
Ms. Norma Gasaway
Ada, KS 67467-7027 $5.00
Ms. Margaret Louthan
Salina, KS 67401 $100.00
Mrs. Stein’s Fourth Grade Class
Eudora, KS 66025
West Elementary $10.00
Mr. Condray’s 6th Graders
Riley Elementary
Great Bend, KS 67530 $20.00
Joanne Fitzgerald
Boscobel, WI 53805 $15.00
Barbara K. Rolph
Wichita, KS 67226 $100.00
Mrs. Arlene R. Teneyck
Wichita, KS 67206-4455 $10.00
Ms. Fayeann Sandstrum
Winfield, KS 67156-3521 $5.00
Debbie S. Lewis & Michael Jr.
Wichita, KS 67215 $10.18
Debbie S. Lewis & Michael Jr.
Wichita, KS 67215 $16.89
Mary Jane Hurley Concordia, Ks. $5.00
Marjorie Klein Delphos, Ks.
$5.00
Grace Bedell Foundation
P.O. Box 321
Delphos, Ks.
Karen Needles - 240-462-9802
Sharon Snively - 785-523-4668
