ALPLM Cuts Ties With Library Foundation By SEAN CRAWFORD • APR 1, 2021

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The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum issued a statement Thursday, announcing a split with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, which did fundraising and artifact acquisition for the facility.

The Foundation and the ALPLM have had years of friction, including the controversal purchase of a stovepipe hat, supposedly belonging to Lincoln, but whose lineage is increasingly in doubt.

The Foundation sold memberships to the museum. Those will still be honored, according to the statement.

Read more here.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/alplm-c...n#stream/0