Welcome to the december meeting of the Lincoln Group of the district of columbia. Group was formed in ,he 1930s to honor the memory legacy, principles of Abraham Lincoln, and for over 80 years, we have had programs like this with outside speakers, and our own members, and today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the Lincoln Group of d. C. Who have authored books related to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will gather here and have an opportunity to take your questions. , so keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. Briefly. Troduce them all three of them. And then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. Is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. And it is for the general reader. Show,thor, david, will has some astonishing illustrations. The second book, by elizabeth ex
Memories, the legacy, the principles of Abraham Lincoln for over 80 years weve had programs like this with outside speakers and our own members. And today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the Lincoln Group of d. C. Who have authored books related to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will gather here and have an opportunity to take your questions. So keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. I will introduce them briefly. All three of them. And then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. The first book is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. And it is for the general reader. As the author, david kent, will show, has some astonishing illustrations. The second book, by Elizabeth Smith brownstein, an experienced washington journalists, talks about what is today called
Questions. So keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. I will introduce them briefly. All three of them. And then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. The first book is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. Say a few more words about each and it is for the general reader. The author, david, will show, has some astonishing illustrations. The second book, by Elizabeth Smith brownstein, an experienced washington journalist, talks about what is today called president lincolns cottage. It was the other white house for lincoln and mary lincoln during three of the summers that they were occupying the white house the rest of the year. A third is carl adams, who has just moved to the washington, d. C. Area from illinois, where he did Landmark Research on the case of a young slave named nance or nancy, who was freed as the result of a lawsuit filed by Abraham Lincoln
Of our sensors this morning. Northbound 680 approaching sunol an accident is clearing. It had been blocking a middle lane so you see some of the slow sensors northbound out of sunol towards pleasanton. Heres a live look near the dublin interchange. Westbound 580 we got the usual roadwork going on between hacienda and san ramon. They have several right lanes blocked from 3 to 5 00 so again hopefully that is clearing now. In the meantime your drive time still in the green so no big delays so far through the Altamont Pass. The nimitz freeway looks good as you pass the Oakland Coliseum Oakland Airport with a flight to catch. Its 13 or 14 minutes between hayward and foster city. 5 01. On the scene of breaking news down in the south bay. San jose firefighters are at work at delmas avenue and brown street near the interchange of interstate 280, state route 87 there. A prayer shrine that was in the attic started a fire about 3 30 this morning. Four people have been displaced so far but nobody
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