2025 The Freeport Legacy Banquet
Thu, Oct 16
|Jeanette Lloyd Theatre
* After storytelling sessions we will have focus groups with participants to capture their experience and reflect on the project's impact. * Through the documentary itself. We will evaluate the quality and authenticity of the documentary content produced as part of the project, assessing its ability


Time & Location
Oct 16, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
Jeanette Lloyd Theatre, 701 W Empire St, Freeport, IL 61032, USA
About the event
6:00 PM, 6:45 PM, 8:00 PMRegistration: Dinner and Awards Ceremony: Keynote:
Honoring a Freeport Legacy
2025 Keynote Speaker | Keynote Speaker: Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States of America
Abraham Lincoln (/ˈlɪŋkən/ LING-kən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman, who served as the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the United States through the American Civil War, defending the nation as a constitutional union, defeating the insurgent Confederacy, playing a major role in the abolition of slavery, expanding the power of the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy.
Lincoln was born into poverty in a log cabin in Kentucky and was raised on the frontier, mainly in Indiana. He was self-educated and became a lawyer, Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator, and U.S. representative from Illinois. In 1849, he…
Tickets
$75 - Individual dinner ticket
$75 - Individual dinner ticket
$75.00
$750 - Table w/ 10 dinner tick
Reserves an entire table and includes 10 dinner seats. Send us the names of your guest list.
$750.00
$525 - Student table
Sponsor a Celebrate Life Dinner table for 10 students. Send us the names of your guest list.
$525.00
Defender of Legacy Level Donor
Defender of Legacy $3,500: Includes reserved table, 10 dinners, and 4 invitations to VIP reception. Send us the names of your guest list.
$3,500.00
Diamond Level Donor
Diamond Donor $2,500: Includes 4 dinners and 4 invitations to VIP reception. Send us the names of your guest list.
$2,500.00
Platinum Level Donor
Platinum Donor $1,500: Includes 2 dinners and 2 invitations to VIP reception. Send us the names of your guest list.
$1,500.00
Gold Level Donor
$1,000.00
Silver Level Donor
$500.00
Bronze Level Donor
$100.00
Total
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