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Press Release · Monday, February 25, 2013

Sixteenth annual symposium on "The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship"

Washington, DC…The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ hosts a free daylong symposium, The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship, on Saturday, March 23, 2013, from 9 a.m.–6 p.m., at the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ at College Park, MD. The symposium will provide historical insights into some of the most critically important facets of Lincoln’s Presidency. Trevor Plante, Chief of Reference at the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Building in Washington, DC, will make opening remarks. The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ at College Park, MD, is located at 8601 Adelphi Road, and is fully accessible. See directions.

The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship speakers and sessions include:

• William C. Harris, Professor of History Emeritus, North Carolina State University: Lincoln and the Union Governors Revisited
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• Martin P. Johnson, Assistant Professor of History, Miami University-Hamilton:
  Solving the Mysteries of the Gettysburg Address
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• Mark E. Neely, Jr., McCabe-Greer Professor in the American Civil War Era, Penn State University: The Elections of 1863
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• James Oakes, Professor of History, City University of New York: The Emancipation Proclamation:ÌýMyths and Realities
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• Mark Reinhart, Author of Abraham Lincoln on Screen: Fictional and Documentary Portrayals on Film and Television: Spielberg and the Century Before: The History of Lincoln Screen Works
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• Speakers Panel, Moderated by Michelle Krowl, Civil War and Reconstruction Reference Specialist, Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress
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• Presentation of the 16th Annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award

[www.lincoln-institute.org/symposia/sym2013/index.htm]
The Symposium is free but advance registration is required: email cevans885@gmail.com mail Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc., c/o Clark Evans, General Secretary, 94 Cumberland Court, Frederick, MD 21702; or phone 301-620-0292. Please provide contact information for each registrant, including email and postal addresses and phone number. Please bring a photo ID with you to the symposium.

The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ presents the 16th Annual symposium, The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship in partnership with the Abraham Lincoln Institute, with generous support from the Foundation for the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡.

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For press information, contact the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Public Affairs staff at 202-357-5300.

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