200th anniversary of the American Lyceum Movement

The Lexington Lyceum marks the 200th anniversary of the American Lyceum Movement with one evening and three events at the Ellen Stone Building and Follen Church, 735 Massachusetts Ave. Refreshments will be provided.

5:45 p.m. — Projection: Tribute to the Ellen Stone Building. Presented by the Youth STEAM Initiative.

6:30 p.m. — Short film: “The Perpetuation of our Political Institutions.” From the Lincoln Presidential Foundation, on Lincoln’s Lyceum Address. Ticketed.

7:15 p.m. — Lecture: Legacy of the American Lyceum Movement. Dr. Angela Ray of Northwestern University, author of “The Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth-Century United States.” Ticketed.

Tickets for the film and lecture are available at lexlyceum.org/events.

Presented by the Lexington Lyceum with The Lexington Observer, Lexington History Museums and the Munroe Center for the Arts. Supported by the Asa Waters Mansion 200th Anniversary, the Massachusetts Center for Civic Education and Lexington 250.