This statue . We are all chicagoans. I am going to shame you a little bit, you should know what may be the best sculpture of lincoln from the 19th century, linkin park. Lincoln park. There is free admission there. Aep outside next time, it is amazing sculpture. It is called the standing lincoln. But we will get back to this. I love this material. Hesso moved by lincoln, his error his era. I am in love with his body there are lots of things to say about his photographs. I do not dress up like Abraham Lincoln, even though i am tall and thin my came. Maybe one day. Thatg said that, i realize public history or formative history or living history is really important. Lincoln actors have a wonderful place in history. We have one of them and our history department. I used to give lots of talks like this in the state of illinois leading up to his bicentennial, the bicentennial of the birth of lincoln back of Abraham Lincoln in art andin 2009. He was born in 1809. Illinois is a huge state, and
Of thescussion was part annual Lincoln Forum in gettysburg, pennsylvania. It is my pleasure to introduce our second speaker for the morning, annette gordonreed. Professor gordonreed is the Charles Wharton professor of american legal history at harvard law school. She is also a professor of. Istory in the college of arts her first foray into riding produced lost at sea which was written when she was seven. She is an overachiever. Since then she has authored or coauthored six historical settings including the hemming of monticello which was a winner of the pulitzer prize. Acclaimed book also won 15 additional awards including the writer douglas prize. Andrew johnsonof johnson, the subject of her talk ass morning, was praised it isantly written and not available today. You will have to order it, but i do have her most recent book and that is coauthored. It is titled the most blessed of patriarchs, Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination. She will be available for a few minutes