 Eric Foner, world-renowned historian and Columbia University
professor, will present "Reflecting on Lincoln" at noon on Feb. 8 in
the Lincoln Presidential Library. The event is free and open to the
public, but reservations must be made by calling 217-558-8934. Foner
is editor of a collection of thoughtful essays by leading historians
entitled "Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World"
(2008).At 2 p.m. on Feb. 8, "Collecting Lincoln" will offer a
lively panel discussion led by Dan Weinberg, owner of the Abraham
Lincoln Book Shop, with some of the nation's leading collectors of
Abraham Lincoln materials. The session with collectors Louise Taper,
Philip Kunhardt, Jack Smith and Rhode Island Chief Justice Frank
Williams will be in the presidential library. Admission is free, but
reservations must be made by calling 217-558-8934. Weinberg is the
author of "Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution."
"The Last Lincoln Lecture," on Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. in the
presidential museum's Union Theater, marks the beginning of a
discussion by Oxford University scholar Richard Carwardine on how
Lincoln understood the world and what role the United States should
have in relationship with it. Carwardine is the author of "Lincoln:
A Life of Purpose and Power." The presentation is free, but
reservations must be made by calling 217-558-8934.
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On Feb. 10 at 7 p.m., "The Lincolns' Marriage" will provide
penetrating insights from poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein,
author of "The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage" (2008). The session
will be in the presidential museum's Union Theater, and free
reservations must be made by calling 217-558-8934.
For more information on activities at the Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library and Museum relating to the Abraham Lincoln
Bicentennial, visit
www.presidentlincoln.org or
www.lincoln200.net.
[Text from
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
file received from the
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information]
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