And partitioned some of it off to a nearby golf course. This is a small sliver of whats remaining of the 400 acres. He was involved in partially involved in the creation of the president s park which was a tourist site 12 miles from here that was open from 2004 until 2010 that was the home of all 42 of these sculptures. He actually was also instrumental and commissioned in 2010 to come take these sculptures when that park went bankrupt and put them in his stone crusher. He did not have the heart to do that, thank god. He spent a considerable amount of his own money to transport everyone of these one by one from that bankrupt nonfunctional park 12 miles from here to his property here as a way to store them temporarily until he figured out what he wanted to do with them. The sculptor of all these is a name by david adickes. If hes still alive, hes in his early 90s. He was a painter based out of houston who was visiting friends in canada. He was coming home by way of mt. Rushmore. He want
Weekend. The Lincoln Group of the district of columbia hosted this event. Our speaker tonight is wendy allen. Most people in the room know who wendy allen is. For those who dont, shes an artist. Wendy allen first painted did her First Painting of Abraham Lincoln in 1983. Since then shes focussed on him as her subject and has made many, many paintings in many different styles. Shes listen very active, been interviewed by cnn and had her paintings in the Historical Society along with some other people you might have heard of. Salvador dolly, norman rockwell. Certainly in very good company and so were they. In addition to all this, she lives in gettysburg and has a gallery up there, lincoln into art. Shes also very active with the fellowship of pennsylvania. Shes on the board and a Vice President to the fellowship of pennsylvania. Shes also very active in the Lincoln Forum and a lot of us went there this past year. We had a record turn out. Were going to try to beat that record this year
We come to gettysburg every november to commemorate the life and legacy of abraham lincoln. Our first speaker this morning is peter carmichael. Peter is the professor of civil war studies and director of the Civil War Institute at gettysburg college. I have seen some cwi hats around, wonderful to see them. He has a phd in history from penn state university, where he had the good fortune to study under gary gallagher. He is the author or editor of five books, including last generation Young Virginians in peace, war, and reunion, published in 2005. He is also one of the series editors for a civil war series, and i know him best in this capacity. He was my editor and i can tell you his thoughtfulness, careful attention to detail and generosity with sources made my book a better book. Today, he will tell us about his most recent book, the war for the common soldier, which was released in 2018 as part of the prestigious littlefield series with unc press. A review recently concluded, it is a
Thank you. Thanklet me introduce our panels im going to do so in alphabetical order. So it probably will not relate to to what the order in which they speak. So first, jake Jake Friefeld is the new director of center for lincoln studies at the university of illinois springfield. Earlier, he was illinois and midwest studies Research Historian at the Abraham Lincoln president ial library and museum, and he is the latest addition, a contingent of of Springfield Young scholars who have begun coming to forum. And were delighted that they here and that theyre participating. His recent book is first migrants how homesteaders quest for land and freedom heralded americas great migration. Who was here for the second time is the director of research and interpretation at the abraham president ial library and museum in springfield for years he taught history. The university of arkansas. Hes the author of manual mental. Oscar dunn and his radical fight in reconstruction louisiana. And that was publ
Thank you so much for that, wendy. Please thank our panel for. Thank you. Thanklet me introduce our panels im going to do so in alphabetical order. So it probably will not relate to to what the order in which they speak. So first, jake Jake Friefeld is the new director of center for lincoln studies at the university of illinois springfield. Earlier, he was illinois and midwest studies Research Historian at the Abraham Lincoln president ial library and museum, and he is the latest addition, a contingent of of Springfield Young scholars who have begun coming to forum. And were delighted that they here and that theyre participating. His recent book is first migrants how homesteaders quest for land and freedom heralded americas great migration. Who was here for the second time is the director of research and interpretation at the abraham president ial library and museum in springfield for years he taught history. The university of arkansas. Hes the author of manual mental. Oscar dunn and h