THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release November 2,
2000
PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES TOMMY TURNER TO
THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION
The President announced today his intention to appoint Tommy Turner to
the
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Judge Tommy Turner, of Magnolia, Kentucky, was elected in 1985 as
County Judge/Executive for LaRue County, Kentucky. At that time, he was
the youngest person in Kentucky history to be elected to the office of
Judge/Executive. In 1989, Judge Turner and a group of local volunteers
founded the Lincoln Museum in Hodgenville, Kentucky, honoring LaRue
County?s greatest native son, Abraham Lincoln, and he is spearheading an
effort to raise the funds to purchase Knobcreek Farm, Lincoln?s boyhood
home. Once the purchase is complete, the site will be donated to the
National Park Service. Judge Turner has also served as Chair of the
Lincoln Trail Area Development District, President of the Kentucky County
Judge/Executive Association and President of the Kentucky Association of
Counties.
Turner received a B.A. in Industrial Technology and an M.A. in
education from Western Kentucky University.
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission was enacted by Congress
and signed into law by the President for the purpose of studying activities
that may be carried out by the federal government to honor Abraham Lincoln
on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth in 2009.
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