* Howard Lowell (Deputy Assistant Archivist for Records Services, National Archives and Records Administration, introduction)
* Robert S. Willard (President, Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc., opening remarks)
* Scott Sandage (Associate Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University, remarks)
* Professor Joseph R. Forneiri (Rochester Institute of Technology) author of two important volumes: Abraham Lincoln's Political Faith (2003), and The Language of Liberty: The Political Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln (2004). Prof. Fornieri spoke on "Lincoln, Law, Prudence and Morality." He was introduced by Herman Belz.
* Harold Holzer, recently profiled on C-Span, a prolific, is a nationally recognized Lincoln writer and editor, and Sr. Vice President for External Affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. His most recent book is the much-admired 2004 work, Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech that made Abraham Lincoln President. Mr. Holzer spoke on "Lincoln and the Cooper Union Address." He was introduced by Steven Lee Carson.
* Professor Matthew Pinsker, a historian at Dickinson College, is the author of Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldier's Home (2003), the well-researched book informing the restoration of Lincoln's retreat by the National Trust. Prof. Pinsker spoke on "The Private President: New Insights from the Old Soldiers' Home." He was introduced by Jennifer Fleischner.
* Professor Elizabeth D. Leonard, chair of Colby College's history department, is the author of Lincoln's Avengers: Justice, Revenge, and Reunion after the Civil War (2004), and All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies. Prof. Leonard spoke on "Josep ...More...
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