Lincoln Symposium features Lowry
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The Abraham Lincoln Birthday Symposium will be held remotely this year due to the ongoing pandemic.
Abraham Lincoln Association President Michael Burlingame said the annual symposium will be commemorating Lincoln s 212th Birthday and will feature a full slate of speakers and will be available on-line at https://abrahamlincolnassociation.org/2021-symposium-events/. The February 12 and 13 events feature main speaker Richard S. Lowry, the editor of “National Review” and session speakers who will address several aspects of Lincoln s life and Legacy. The Symposium may be accessed on-line free of charge.
The Abraham Lincoln Association s annual Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium begins at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12 with the virtual opening of the University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies. The first session will feature a presentation by onetime New York magazine editor Elizabeth Mitchell, “Lincoln and the Press: The Myster
National Review editor keynote speaker for Lincoln symposium
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An annual symposium celebrating the birthday of President Abraham Lincoln will take place remotely Feb. 12-13.
The main speaker will be Richard S. Lowry, editor of National Review. Session speakers will address several aspects of Lincoln’s life and Legacy free of charge.
The Abraham Lincoln Association’s annual Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium will begin at 10 a.m. Feb. 12 with the virtual opening of the University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies. The first session will feature a presentation by onetime New York magazine editor Elizabeth Mitchell, “Lincoln and the Press: The Mystery Behind His ‘Bogus Proclamation.’” Mitchell’s newest book, Lincoln’s Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House, was published in October.
When the President-elect Joe Biden gives his inaugural address on Wednesday, one former president will tower above all others, and not merely because of his celebrated stovepipe hat. Abraham Lincoln is always famous, but he turns into something more than that when Americans are bitterly divided. In moments of crisis, he becomes a kind of guardian angel, not unlike the phrase he was looking for when he closed out his own inaugural address in.
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