Lincoln in 1983. And since then shes focused on Abraham Lincoln as her subject, and has made many, many, many paintings of different styles which she will talk about. She has also been very active. Being interviewed by cnn. Her paintings on historical society. Along with some other people you may have heard of. Salvatore dali. He was there as well. Norman, and robert. What so certainly in very, very good company, and so are they. In addition to all of this, has a gallery up there, linking it to art. She is also very active with the fellowship of pennsylvania, where she is on the board. And the Vice President of the fellowship of pennsylvania. Shes also very active in the lincoln form. A lot of us went to it in the last year. I think we had record turnout going to the lincoln form and were going to try to beat that record this year. But the foreman of ember. Wendy is involved in all of those. Tonight shes going to talk about her time, just want to talk about lincoln art. Maybe a little
Along the Potomac River not far from mt. Vernon. When the commissioners of the Federal District named the new capitol for washington in 1791 it not only honored the wartime commander in chief but also at college to his guiding role in the selection of the young nation seat of government. Although he did not the government relocated here and it shaped the National Capitol for years to come. In George Washingtons final battle at highlights washingtons political skills and with those i work behind the scenes to establish the new city. Robert watson is a distinguished professor professor at Lynn University a senior fellow at the Florida Joint Center for citizenship the author of numerous books in history and politics including the go ship of brooklyn and americas first crisis, the war of 1812. Hes the editor of two encyclopedias the american president and american first ladies. Professor watson is served on the board the Harry Truman Foundation Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation and the G