Was given at the dedication of a National Cemetery for soldiers killed during the civil war battle. This hourlong talk was part of a conference hosted by the Gettysburg College civil war institute. Our first speaker to kick off our conference is martin johnson. He is an associate professor of history at university of miami in ohio, where he teaches courses on Abraham Lincoln, the civil war, and modern europe. He earned his ph. D in 1993 from brown university. He has devoted much of his career to studying the 16th president of the united states. He is also the author of a number of books. In fact his first two books are on european history. One is on the paris commune. And the other is on the triefis affairs. Very diverse intellectual interest. Unlike most of us, can only right between 1861 and 1865. Martin certainly is able to go into other fields and to succeed in doing so. In 2014, martin earned the distinguished lincoln prize, lincoln prize as many of you know, is sponsored by Getty
Was given at the dedication of a National Cemetery for soldiers killed during the civil war battle. This hourlong talk was part of a conference hosted by the Gettysburg College civil war institute. Our first speaker to kick off our conference is martin johnson. He is an associate professor of history at university of miami in ohio, where he teaches courses on Abraham Lincoln, the civil war, and modern europe. He earned his ph. D in 1993 from brown university. He has devoted much of his career to studying the 16th president of the united states. He is also the author of a number of books. In fact his first two books are on european history. One is on the paris commune. And the other is on the triefis affairs. Very diverse intellectual interest. Unlike most of us, can only right between 1861 and 1865. Martin certainly is able to go into other fields and to succeed in doing so. In 2014, martin earned the distinguished lincoln prize, lincoln prize as many of you know, is sponsored by Getty
Was given at the dedication of a National Cemetery for soldiers killed during the civil war battle. This hourlong talk was part of a conference hosted by the Gettysburg College civil war institute. Our first speaker to kick off our conference is martin johnson. He is an associate professor of history at university of miami in ohio, where he teaches courses on Abraham Lincoln, the civil war, and modern europe. He earned his ph. D in 1993 from brown university. He has devoted much of his career to studying the 16th president of the united states. He is also the author of a number of books. In fact his first two books are on european history. One is on the paris commune. And the other is on the triefis affairs. Very diverse intellectual interest. Unlike most of us, can only right between 1861 and 1865. Martin certainly is able to go into other fields and to succeed in doing so. In 2014, martin earned the distinguished lincoln prize, lincoln prize as many of you know, is sponsored by Getty
Was given at the dedication of a National Cemetery for soldiers killed during the civil war battle. This hourlong talk was part of a conference hosted by the Gettysburg College civil war institute. Our first speaker to kick off our conference is martin johnson. He is an associate professor of history at university of miami in ohio, where he teaches courses on Abraham Lincoln, the civil war, and modern europe. He earned his ph. D in 1993 from brown university. He has devoted much of his career to studying the 16th president of the united states. He is also the author of a number of books. In fact his first two books are on european history. One is on the paris commune. And the other is on the triefis affairs. Very diverse intellectual interest. Unlike most of us, can only right between 1861 and 1865. Martin certainly is able to go into other fields and to succeed in doing so. In 2014, martin earned the distinguished lincoln prize, lincoln prize as many of you know, is sponsored by Getty
It is a great pleasure to have you all here this morning. I want to start by thanking the Abraham Lincoln institute, the Illinois State society in washington, d. C. , and all our presenters and speakers for making today possible. Lets give them a round of applause. [applause] i am standing here on the set of our current production of ragtime of ragtime, a musical based on the wonderful novel of the same name. On the inside of your program, there is a special Discount Code to be used for this evenings performance. If anyone would like to come and see the show, is at 7 30 this evening. If you cant make it tonight, the production is playing through may 20. It really is spectacular, and i hope you all come and see that. The other side of what we do here at fords theater. A few housekeeping things for the day. No food or drink in the theater. I think they allow bottle water and that is it. Your wristband that you have on will serve as your ticket for the full day admission. It will also gra