Co-sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc., the National Archives, the Foundation for the National Archives, the Illinois State Society of Washington, D.C., and the generosity of individual donors; and, endorsed by the U.S. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
Pictures on this page feature all of the formal presentations made before lunchtime:
* Welcome: John Sellers (President, Abraham Lincoln Institute)
* National Archives Welcome: Marvin Pinkert (Executive Director, Center for the National Archives Experience)
* Presentation #1: Dr. James Oakes (PhD, Professor of U.S. History, Graduate Center, City University of New York)
Key Publication: The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics
Winner: 2008 Lincoln Prize
Symposium Topic: "Becoming Lincoln: Making of an Emancipationist"
Oakes will discuss how Lincoln "grew," not only in the presidency but long before, on a path from mainstream Whig to wartime emancipationist, all the while retaining, importantly, some conservative views.
Introduced by: Michele Krowl
* Presentation #2: Lewis Lehrman (Chairman, The Lincoln Institute)
Co-founder, Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History and the Lincoln & Soldiers Institute, which annually awards the Lincoln Prize.
Symposium Topic: "Lincoln at the Turning Point: From Peoria to the Presidency"
Lehrman will describe how Lincoln's anti-slavery speech at Peoria on October 16, 1854, influenced the next decade of Lincoln's life and the nation's future.
Introduced by: Lucas Morel
* Dissertation Award: Presented to Robert Johnson by David Seddelmeyer.
* Presentation #3: Dr. Ari Hoogenboom (PhD, Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn College, City University of New York)
Key Publication: Gustavus Vasa Fox of the U.S. Navy: A Biography
Symposium Topic: "Lincoln's Fox: A Companion in Time of Crisis"
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