News Release

Lincoln Home National Historic Site Black History Month Guest Ranger Series: Nick Sacco and Ve'Amber Miller

Lincoln Home NHS Black History Month Flyer, February 3-4

NPS

News Release Date: February 1, 2023

Contact: Jasmine Leung, 217-391-3244

SPRINGFIELD, IL: On February 3rd, visiting rangers Nick Sacco (Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site) and Ve’Amber Miller (Pullman National Historical Park) will participate in a panel discussion hosted by the Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum (1440 Monument Ave, Springfield, IL 62702) at 7:00 PM. This evening of conversation will be moderated by Dr. Brian Mitchell, Director of Research and Interpretation at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

Rangers Sacco and Miller will also present programs on topics connected to black history and their home parks in the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center (426 S. 7th St, Springfield, IL 62701) on February 4th at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM.

Nick Sacco is a Historian and Museum Curator at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in St. Louis, Missouri. He conducts historical research, cares for the park’s library and museum, and gives tours of Ulysses S. Grant’s White Haven estate. From 1854 to 1859, Grant lived and worked at White Haven along with enslaved African American laborers.

Ve'Amber Miller is a Park Ranger from Pullman National Historical Park in Chicago, IL. She has worked at the park since May 2017 as an interpreter, educator, web and social media expert, and front desk greeter. In the early 20th century, the Pullman Car Company was the nation's largest employer of African Americans, and Pullman porters made up 44% of this workforce; Pullman's 1937 contract with its porters was the first major labor agreement between an African American union and a corporation.

All Lincoln Home National Historic Site Black History Month Guest Ranger Series events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jasmine Leung at 217-391-3244 or [e-mail].