The program includes delivery of the Address by George Buss of Freeport, Illinois, who delivers the Gettysburg Address at the annual Gettysburg ceremony every November 19th. A panel discussion will be led by Michelle Krowl of the Library of Congress, president of the Abraham Lincoln Institute. Panelists will include John Elliff, president of the Lincoln Group of DC, and Michael F. Bishop, Director of the National Churchill Library and Center at George Washington University. Co-sponsors are the Lincoln Group of DC, President Lincoln’s Cottage, the Abraham Lincoln Association, and the Illinois State Society. A reception with light hors d'oeuvres will begin at 6:30 p.m. in John Phillip Sousa Hall; the program will follow in the Abraham Lincoln Hall at 7:00 p.m.
In celebration of the Old Naval Hospital's 150th anniversary, Hill Center and the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia will hold a celebration of Lincoln's First Inaugural Address. In 1864 President Lincoln authorized $25,000 for construction of the (Old) Naval Hospital, which was completed in 1866, and the building has been restored to its 1860s condition to serve as Hill Center.
As the nation prepares for the inauguration of another new president, the program will recall how Abraham Lincoln faced the gravest challenge that ever confronted a new president. The program will include delivery of the First Inaugural Address and a panel discussion about its context and significance. Panel speakers:
* Michelle Krowl, president of the Abraham Lincoln Institute and a Lincoln specialist at the Library of Congress, will moderate the discussion.
* Lincoln scholar John Elliff, president of the Lincoln Group of DC and former associate professor at Brandeis University, and
* Michael F. Bishop, Director of the National Churchill Library and Center at George Washington University and former executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Bicente ...More...
underneath the file name (just above the picture). Spammers need not apply.
") are described as follows: