{
    "title": "Hildene Exhibits and Collections Director at Harlan-Lincoln House in Iowa",
    "modified_at": "2026-06-08 14:00:01",
    "published_at": "2026-06-08 14:00:00",
    "url": "https://hildene.prezly.com/hildene-exhibits-and-collections-director-at-harlan-lincoln-house-in-iowa",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/hjId",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "Gary Parsych Invited to Give Presentation ",
    "slug": "hildene-exhibits-and-collections-director-at-harlan-lincoln-house-in-iowa",
    "body": "<p style=\"text-align: center\">&ldquo;The Lincoln Family and Their Ancestral Home&rdquo; </p><p> </p><p>Gary Parsych, Exhibits and Collections Director at Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home, in Manchester Vermont, spoke at The Harlan-Lincoln House Museum in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on Saturday, June 6, 2026. The presentation was open to the public. </p><p>Parzych&rsquo;s talk, entitled &ldquo;The Lincoln Family and Their Ancestral Home,&rdquo; incorporates a phrase that Robert Lincoln used when describing Hildene. Parsych&rsquo;s presentation included information about the house itself, the family who inhabited it and several artifacts of historical significance, some of which traveled from Mount Pleasant to Manchester in the early 20th century. \u200b </p><p>The Harlan-Lincoln House and Hildene are sister sites in the story of the Harlan and Lincoln descendants. James Harlan, the first Republican Senator from Iowa in 1855, not only became a friend and political ally of President Abraham Lincoln, but his daughter Mary married Robert Todd Lincoln, the eldest son of the President. The Harlan-Lincoln families spent time at the Harlan home in Mount Pleasant (now the Harlan-Lincoln House Museum) from when it was built in 1876 until Mary Harlan Lincoln gave it to Iowa Wesleyan University in 1907. Mary Harlan Lincoln and her three children spent summers at the Mount Pleasant home. Robert joined them on weekends and holidays. In 1905, Robert and Mary built their beautiful Georgian Revival mansion overlooking the scenic valley of the Battenkill River in the Taconic Mountains near Manchester, Vermont. The family visits to Mount Pleasant ceased and the Robert Lincoln family spent their summers in Vermont and winters in Chicago.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>About Hildene</strong></p><p> Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit historic site, working farm, and educational institution on 412 acres in Manchester, Vermont. Hildene preserves the Lincoln family home and gardens, operates a working goat dairy and cheese-making program, maintains miles of hiking and conservation trails, and offers year-round educational and civic programming. For more information, visit hildene.org.</p><p> </p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>-END-</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>",
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Sarah",
        "last_name": "Blair"
    },
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