DC -- U.S. Capitol -- 150th Anniversary Lincoln's Second Inaugural -- Presentation:
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Description of Pictures: 150th Anniversary Commemoration President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Statuary Hall – United States Capitol
SPONSORED BY:
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation
Illinois State Society of Washington, DC
PROGRAM
Welcoming Remarks:
* Harold Holzer, Chair, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation
* Stuart B. Piper, President, Illinois State Society of Washington, DC
* The Hon. Rodney L. Davis, Member, US House of Representatives, Illinois’ 13th Congressional District; Vice Chair, Illinois State Society
Remarks:
* The Hon. Cheryl "Cheri" Bustos, Member, US House of Representatives, Illinois' 17th Congressional District
* The Hon. Mark Steven Kirk, US Senator, Illinois, Member, Illinois State Society
* The Hon. Ray H. LaHood, Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Member of US House of Representatives, Illinois’ 18th District, Co-Chair, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Past President, Illinois State Society, 1996-1998
Perspectives from Frederick Douglass:
* Dr. Edna Greene Medford, Chair, Department of History, Howard University
Historical Perspectives:
* The Hon. Frank J. Williams, Retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Chair, The Lincoln Forum
* Harold Holzer, Chair, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation
Inaugural Address:
* Stephen Lang, Actor
Reception Sponsored by the Illinois State Society of Washington, DC.
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2NDP1_150304_023.JPG: Harold Holzer
2NDP1_150304_036.JPG: User comment: Edith Holzer
2NDP1_150304_047.JPG: Stuart B. Piper, President, Illinois State Society of Washington, DC
2NDP1_150304_122.JPG: Rodney L. Davis, Member, US House of Representatives, Illinois’ 13th Congressional District; Vice Chair, Illinois State Society
2NDP1_150304_208.JPG: Cheryl "Cheri" Bustos, Member, US House of Representatives, Illinois' 17th Congressional District
2NDP1_150304_353.JPG: Rodney Davis again
2NDP1_150304_362.JPG: Ray LaHood
2NDP1_150304_470.JPG: Harold Holzer
2NDP1_150304_577.JPG: Edna Greene Medford, Chair, Department of History, Howard University
2NDP2_150304_003.JPG: Harold Holzer again
2NDP2_150304_042.JPG: Hon. Frank J. Williams, Retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Chair, The Lincoln Forum
2NDP2_150304_185.JPG: Stephen Lang
2NDP2_150304_206.JPG: Actor Stephen Lang recites Lincoln's Second Inaugural speech at a 150th anniversary event at the US Capitol, sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation and the Illinois State Society of Washington, DC
2NDP2_150304_295.JPG: Stuart Piper, president of the Illinois State Society
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2015 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
I retired from the US Census Bureau in god-forsaken Suitland, Maryland on my 58th birthday in May. Yee ha!
Trips this year:
a quick trip to Florida.
two Civil War Trust conferences (Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA), and
my 10th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles).
Ego Strokes: Carolyn Cerbin used a Kevin Costner photo in her USA Today article. Miss DC pictures were used a few times in the Washington Post.
Number of photos taken this year: just over 550,000.