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H.W. Brands Jr., a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist whose latest book focuses on John Brown and Abraham Lincoln, will be among the presenters at the Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium marking the 212th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 12-13.
The symposium, which is put on by the Abraham Lincoln Association, will be held remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The opening of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield will kick off the symposium at 10 a.m. on Feb. 12.
Rich Lowry, editor of The National Review and author of a book on Lincoln, will be the keynote speaker.