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Reverend Owen B. Lovejoy to visit Princeton for Homestead Festival · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Reverend Owen B. Lovejoy to visit Princeton for Homestead Festival.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Emily Beebe, This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Reverend Owen B.
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  Speaker 1: Lovejoy will visit Princeton during this year's Homestead Festival, held
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  Speaker 1: from September tenth through thirteen. Lovejoy will appear at several
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  Speaker 1: events throughout the festival, including a presentation, book signing, parade appearance,
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  Speaker 1: and sermon, according to a news release, to begin the
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  Speaker 1: four day event, Reverend Lovejoy will be giving a presentation
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  Speaker 1: at six thirty pm on September tenth at the Homestead
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  Speaker 1: Festival Lawn Event. From two to three thirty pm on
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  Speaker 1: September eleventh at Truleive's Bookshop, located at fifteen Park Avenue
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  Speaker 1: w And, Princeton, there will be a book signing for
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  Speaker 1: Lovejoy's book beginning at one thirty pm on September twelfth
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  Speaker 1: on Main Street. Lovejoy will be right in the Homestead
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  Speaker 1: Festival Parade. To wrap up the four day event, Lovejoy
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  Speaker 1: will be giving a sermon at ten thirty am on
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  Speaker 1: September thirteenth at Hampshire Colony Congregational Church, located at six
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  Speaker 1: zero four South Church Street. Lovejoy wrote A Cause Sprinkled
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  Speaker 1: in Blood, The Life of Owen Lovejoy, abolitionist, pastor, and Congressman,
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  Speaker 1: about his great grandfather. The book aims to paint an
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  Speaker 1: honest picture of who his namesake was, what he stood for,
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  Speaker 1: and what he believed. According to the news release, the
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  Speaker 1: book will be available for purchase September tenth at the
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  Speaker 1: Lovejoy Homestead lawn event and September eleventh at True Leaves Bookshop.
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  Speaker 1: Born in Illinois, Lovejoy spent most of his childhood in Indiana.
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  Speaker 1: He attended Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, and Erskine
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  Speaker 1: Theological Seminary Indue, West, South Carolina. He pastored churches in
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky and North Carolina before retiring from mission work in Honduras.
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  Speaker 1: According to a news release, Lovejoy and his wife, Anita,
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  Speaker 1: have been married for fifth years and live in Black Mountain,
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  Speaker 1: North Carolina. They have thirteen grandchildren. Free tours of the
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  Speaker 1: Lovejoy Homestead will be available during the festival from one
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  Speaker 1: to four pm Friday, ten am to noon and three
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  Speaker 1: to five pm Saturday, and one to four pm Sunday,