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2007_DC_JHFranklin_070415	81	Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission -- Conversation with John Hope Franklin A Conversation with Pre-eminent American Historian John Hope Franklin: Reflections on African American History and Abraham Lincoln: Second in a series of discussions by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. Led by Kurt L. Schmoke, Howard University Law School Dean and hosted by the New York...
2014_DC_Ft_Stevens150A_140712	28	DC -- 150th Anniversary of the Battle Fort Stevens -- Artillery demo The official commemorative program is tomorrow, Saturday, July 12, at 10 AM with local dignitaries and historians Ed Bearss and C.R. Gibbs giving brief keynotes. AND a cannon will be fired from Fort Stevens at the conclusion of the program. We expect that will be the first time in about 150...
2014_DC_Ft_Stevens150M_140712	96	DC -- 150th Anniversary of the Battle Fort Stevens -- Miscellaneous The official commemorative program is tomorrow, Saturday, July 12, at 10 AM with local dignitaries and historians Ed Bearss and C.R. Gibbs giving brief keynotes. AND a cannon will be fired from Fort Stevens at the conclusion of the program. We expect that will be the first time in about 150...
2014_DC_Ft_Stevens150P_140712	97	DC -- 150th Anniversary of the Battle Fort Stevens -- Program The official commemorative program is tomorrow, Saturday, July 12, at 10 AM with local dignitaries and historians Ed Bearss and C.R. Gibbs giving brief keynotes. AND a cannon will be fired from Fort Stevens at the conclusion of the program. We expect that will be the first time in about 150...
2014_DC_Ft_Stevens150T_140712	15	DC -- 150th Anniversary of the Battle Fort Stevens -- Walking Tour The official commemorative program is tomorrow, Saturday, July 12, at 10 AM with local dignitaries and historians Ed Bearss and C.R. Gibbs giving brief keynotes. AND a cannon will be fired from Fort Stevens at the conclusion of the program. We expect that will be the first time in about 150...
2012_DC_Emancipation_LT_120414	98	DC -- Emancipation Day (2012) 150th Anniversary Great Debate @ Lincoln Theatre On April 14, Centric, in partnership with the Office of Cable Television, celebrates the freeing of slaves in Washington, DC with the DC Emancipation Day 150th Anniversary Great Debate. Nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln freed the enslaved workers and laborers of...
2011_DC_MGR_Misc_111112	92	DC -- Fort McNair -- McClellan's Grand Review Re-enactment -- Miscellaneous Union General George B. McClellan's Grand Review of the newly reorganized and enlarged Army of the Potomac, held at Bailey's Crossroads, Va., on November 20, 1861, before President Abraham Lincoln and members of his Cabinet, will be re-enacted November 12, 2011, at the Fort McNair Parade Field,...
2011_DC_MGR_Parade_111112	63	DC -- Fort McNair -- McClellan's Grand Review Re-enactment -- Parade Union General George B. McClellan's Grand Review of the newly reorganized and enlarged Army of the Potomac, held at Bailey's Crossroads, Va., on November 20, 1861, before President Abraham Lincoln and members of his Cabinet, will be re-enacted November 12, 2011, at the Fort McNair Parade Field,...
2011_DC_MGR_Present_111112	99	DC -- Fort McNair -- McClellan's Grand Review Re-enactment -- Presentation President Lincoln's 1861 Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac at Bailey's Crossroads Fort McNair Parade Field Military District of Washington Sesquicentennial Commemoration Program: * Grand Marshal: Ed Bearss, Chief Historian Emeritus, National Park Service * Musical Prelude * March...
2015_DC_Grand_Review_150517	102	DC -- Grand Review of the Armies Parade Join over 1,500 marchers, and spectators in viewing this commemoration of the Grand Review of the Armies On May 23, 1865, the Army of the Potomac would march down Pennsylvania Avenue. Soldiers of the armies of Georgia and the Tennessee would take center stage the next day. In all, more than 150,000...
2015_DC_Lincoln_2nd_Pgm_150307	165	DC -- Lincoln Memorial -- Sesquecentennial of Lincoln's Second Inaugural -- Formal Program Formal Program: * Musical Prelude -- United States Marine Band Brass Quintet -- ??? Not Present ??? * Master of Ceremonies -- Bob Vogel, Regional Director National Capital Region, National Park Service * Welcome -- Karen Needles, President, Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia *...
2015_DC_Lincoln_2nd_Misc_150307	108	DC -- Lincoln Memorial -- Sesquecentennial of Lincoln's Second Inaugural -- Miscellaneous 150th Anniversary of Lincoln's Inaugural Observed at Lincoln Memorial Washington –Chuck Todd, moderator of NBC's Meet the Press and former chief White House correspondent for NBC News, will deliver the keynote address for a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's second...
2015_DC_Final_Journey_150418	46	DC -- New York Avenue Presbyterian Church -- Event: Abraham Lincoln: The Final Journey Abraham Lincoln – The Final Journey New York Avenue Presbyterian Church 1313 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005 This will be the first of the National Park Service's "funeral" stops commemorating the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train and return of his body to...
2015_DC_Horton_150307	137	DC -- New York Avenue Presbyterian Church -- Event: An Evening with Bobby Horton An Evening with Bobby Horton At the New York Ave. Presbyterian Church, Lincoln's church, 7:30 p.m. Bobby Horton will lead us in songs of the Civil War soldier, northern and southern. A seasoned performer, Horton is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and music historian. He has performed with...
2011_DC_Lincoln150_110223	45	DC -- Union Station -- Abraham Lincoln Arrives (Civil War Sesquicentennial Event) National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis will mark the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's arrival in Washington, D.C. in 1861 prior to his first inauguration. Jarvis will join the last leg of the journey of President Lincoln's famous train trip from his home in Springfield, IL to...
2015_DC_2nd_InaugM_150304	100	DC -- U.S. Capitol -- 150th Anniversary Lincoln's Second Inaugural -- Miscellaneous Lincoln's Second Inaugural to be Commemorated at United States Capitol: Actor Stephen Lang to Read Lincoln’s Immortal Inaugural Address The Illinois State Society and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation (ALBF) will co-sponsor an official ceremony and reception in Statuary Hall of the...
2015_DC_2nd_InaugP_150304	127	DC -- U.S. Capitol -- 150th Anniversary Lincoln's Second Inaugural -- Presentation 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...
2011_DC_WPC_Dedication_110211	84	DC -- Willard Hotel -- Washington Peace Conference -- Dedication ceremony After lunch, conference participants met outside for the dedication of a 150th anniversary commemorative plaque which will be placed on the facade of The Willard Hotel beneath the plaque erected by the Civil War Centennial Commission of 1961. The plaque is an elongated bronze bar (38" x 18") denoting...
2011_DC_WPC_Misc_110211	117	DC -- Willard Hotel -- Washington Peace Conference -- Miscellaneous This page contains all images except those of the presentation itself or of the dedication ceremony outside. This page therefore includes random audience shots, conversation shots, posed shots, etc. This sesquicentennial symposium, "The Peace Conference at 150: A Call to Compromise," examines the...
2011_DC_WPC_Speakers_110211	126	DC -- Willard Hotel -- Washington Peace Conference -- Speakers Speakers in sequence: * Kim B. Holien, Professional Military Historian, Master of Ceremonies * James Veil, Willard InterContinental Hotel, Welcoming Remarks * Professor James I. (Bud) Robertson, Jr., a leading expert in Civil War history and Executive Director for Civil War Studies at Virginia...
2015_DC_Fords_150V_150414	102	Ford's Theatre -- 150th anniversary candlelight vigil Candlelight Vigil April 14 at 10:15 p.m. On Tenth Street in front of Ford’s Theatre Beginning at 10:15 p.m., Ford’s will host more than 150 Civil War living historians on Tenth Street to recreate the all-night vigil for Abraham Lincoln. Throughout the night, the historians will share first-person...
2015_DC_Fords_150A_150414	31	Ford's Theatre -- 150th anniversary daytime The Lincoln Tribute April 14-15, 2015 This around-the-clock event will mark the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination. First-Person Accounts Throughout the day and night Living historians will provide first-person accounts about the end of the Civil War, the experience being inside the...
2011_DC_CW150_PC_110223	73	Ford's Theatre -- Civil War Sesquicentennial press conference In Washington, D.C., at Ford's Theatre Museum NPS Director Jarvis will continue the conversation with students on the importance of understanding how this nation can reflect upon the sacrifices of men and women made 150 years ago are still relevant to issues in our communities today. As part of the...
2015_DC_Fords_Wreath_150415	143	Ford's Theatre -- Lincoln's Death Wreath Laying Wreath-Laying Ceremony April 15 at 7:22 a.m. On Tenth Street in front of the Petersen House On the morning of April 15, Ford’s Theatre Society and the National Park Service will host a wreath-laying ceremony beginning at 7:22 a.m. on the steps of the Petersen House (the house where Lincoln died). The...
2009_DC_Dinner_090212	201	Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia -- Bicentennial dinner -- Except for podium presentation The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia held its Bicentennial Birthday Celebration for President Abraham Lincoln at the Willard Hotel. Invited speakers were The Honorable George S. McGovern (Senator, Author, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient.) and Dr. Craig L. Symonds (Historian, Author,...
2009_DC_DinnerP_090212	109	Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia -- Bicentennial dinner -- Presentations The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia held its Bicentennial Birthday Celebration for President Abraham Lincoln at the Willard Hotel. Invited speakers were The Honorable George S. McGovern (Senator, Author, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient.) and Dr. Craig L. Symonds (Historian, Author,...
2013_PA_Lincoln_Group_131119	33	Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia -- Miscellaneous Gettysburg Dedication Day pictures Including group shot at the Lincoln Address memorial.
2013_PA_Lincoln_GroupT_131119	45	Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia -- Tour of Gettysburg w/Ed Bearss
2012_MD_Antietam150_S2_120916	2	MD -- Antietam Natl Battlefield -- Event: 150th Anniversary -- Edna Greene Medford Edna Greene Medford, Howard University Professor and Co-Author, "The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views"
2012_MD_Antietam150_Demo_120916	41	MD -- Antietam Natl Battlefield -- Event: 150th Anniversary -- Firing Demo
2012_MD_Antietam150_S5_120916	69	MD -- Antietam Natl Battlefield -- Event: 150th Anniversary -- James McPherson and Edwin Bearss James McPherson, Civil War Historian & Author, "Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era" and Edwin Bearss, Former National Park Service Chief Historian and Author, "Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War"
2012_MD_Antietam150_S1_120916	3	MD -- Antietam Natl Battlefield -- Event: 150th Anniversary -- Kathleen Ernst Kathleen Ernst, Author, "Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign"
2012_MD_Antietam150_S3_120916	16	MD -- Antietam Natl Battlefield -- Event: 150th Anniversary -- Mark Neely Mark Neely, Author, "Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War"
2012_MD_Antietam150_Misc_120916	31	MD -- Antietam Natl Battlefield -- Event: 150th Anniversary -- Miscellaneous
2012_MD_Antietam150_Vans_120916	41	MD -- Antietam Natl Battlefield -- Event: 150th Anniversary -- Vans
2012_MD_Antietam150_S4_120916	2	MD -- Antietam Natl Battlefield -- Event: 150th Anniversary -- ???
2013_MS_VicksburgCW_Stamp_130523	126	MS -- Vicksburg Natl Military Park -- Event: U.S. Postal Service First Day Stamp Issue: Civil War Commemorative Stamps U.S. Postal Service Release of Civil War Commemorative Stamps: The U.S. Postal Service Ceremonial Release of Civil War Commemorative Stamps at 10:00 am in the Vicksburg National Military Park at the USS Cairo. The ceremony featured these speakers: * Master of Ceremonies: Walt Grayson * Welcoming...
2013_PA_Dedication_Cer_131119	124	PA -- Gettysburg Natl Battlefield -- Event: Dedication Day Ceremony -- Ceremony This Dedication Day Ceremony will observe the 150th Anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The event takes place in the Soldiers' National Cemetery, sponsored by Gettysburg National Military Park, the Gettysburg Foundation, the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania and Gettysburg...
2013_PA_Dedication_Prep_131119	125	PA -- Gettysburg Natl Battlefield -- Event: Dedication Day Ceremony -- Everything except the ceremony This Dedication Day Ceremony will observe the 150th Anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The event takes place in the Soldiers' National Cemetery, sponsored by Gettysburg National Military Park, the Gettysburg Foundation, the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania and Gettysburg...
2013_PA_Dedication_USCT_131119	5	PA -- Gettysburg Natl Battlefield -- Event: Dedication Day Ceremony -- USCT This Dedication Day Ceremony will observe the 150th Anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The event takes place in the Soldiers' National Cemetery, sponsored by Gettysburg National Military Park, the Gettysburg Foundation, the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania and Gettysburg...
2013_PA_Getty_STSanders_130705	3	PA -- Gettysburg Natl Battlefield -- Event: Sacred Trust 150th -- Barbara Sanders Gettysburg: The Aftermath by Barbara Sanders
2013_PA_Getty_STJanney_130705	6	PA -- Gettysburg Natl Battlefield -- Event: Sacred Trust 150th -- Caroline Janney Returning to the Field of Glory: Veterans at Gettysburg by Caroline Janney Fifty years after Gettysburg, Union and Confederate veterans reunited in the small town, with reporters claiming the “end of sectional feeling.” Twenty-five years later, the crowds gathered again to dedicate the Eternal Peace...
2013_PA_Getty_STBearss_130705	34	PA -- Gettysburg Natl Battlefield -- Event: Sacred Trust 150th -- Ed Bearss Gettysburg by Ed Bearss Were General George Gordon Meade’s expectations justified about crushing General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia before they crossed the Potomac? Ed was introduced by Bob Kirby, Superintendent of Gettsyburg National Military Park.
2013_PA_Getty_STBoritt_130705	7	PA -- Gettysburg Natl Battlefield -- Event: Sacred Trust 150th -- Jake Boritt The Gettysburg Story: America’s Greatest Battle As You Have Never Seen It Before by Jake Boritt Over the last 150 years, the Battle of Gettysburg has become the stuff of legend, told and retold using the contemporary technologies of each generation. Filmmaker Boritt brings the story of Gettysburg...
2013_PA_Getty_STAtkinson_130705	11	PA -- Gettysburg Natl Battlefield -- Event: Sacred Trust 150th -- Matt Atkinson 1863: The Siege of Vicksburg by Matt Atkinson Explore the May 19 and 22 assaults and siege warfare from May 23 to July 4.
2013_PA_Getty_ST_130705	3	PA -- Gettysburg Natl Battlefield -- Event: Sacred Trust 150th -- Misc
2013_PA_Getty_VC150_130705	24	PA -- Gettysburg Natl Battlefield -- Visitor Center -- 150th Anniversary Crowds
2009_VA_Arlington_Brown_091010	41	VA -- Arlington Natl Cemetery -- Robert E. Lee Memorial -- Brown, Lee and the Coming of the Civil War Special Evening Program: “John Brown, Robert E. Lee and the Coming of the Civil War.” Author Fergus Bordewich will lecture on John Brown’s Raid. Radical Abolitionism and its influence on the politics and culture of the country will be explored through a series of talks, tours and exhibits. Also present...
2010_VA_Arlington_Elect_101016	63	VA -- Arlington Natl Cemetery -- Robert E. Lee Memorial -- The Election that Divided the Nation Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial Commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the Election of 1860 with a Special Evening Program: “The Election that Divided the Nation” Cast a vote: For Southern Rights or for the Union! Arlington House will be open by reservation for a special evening program at...
2011_VA_XRoadsC_111111	36	VA -- NOVA Community College Conference -- At the Crossroads of History -- Miscellaneous "At the Crossroads of History: Baileys Through the Centuries," NOVA Community College Conference, November 11, 2011, 8:30a.m. - 3:30p.m. First, on Friday, November 11, during the day, a symposium, "At the Crossroads of History: Baileys through the Centuries," will be held at Northern Virginia...
2011_VA_XRoadsCP_111111	196	VA -- NOVA Community College Conference -- At the Crossroads of History -- Panels Welcome and Announcements * Jean H. Braden, Assistant Dean, Liberal Arts, Alexandria Campus * Peter Maphumulo, Provost, Alexandria Campus Keynote Address: * Introduction: Terry Alford, History, Annandale Campus * Frank J. Williams, Chief Justice, Emeritus, Rhode...
2011_VA_Spirit_111111	156	VA -- NOVA Community College Conference -- Grand Concert Featuring Music of the Civil War "Grand Concert Featuring Music of the Civil War," Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center at NOVA Alexandria Campus, November 11, 2011, 7p.m. - 9p.m. Later that evening, from 7p.m. to 9p.m., NOVA's Alexandria Campus Band will offer a special concert. Dr. Wendy Matthew will lead the Alexandria...
2010_DC_CW2CR_101104	89	Willard Hotel -- Event: Civil War To Civil Rights Conference DC Launches “Civil War to Civil Rights” Promotion to Mark 150th Commemoration of Civil War (Washington, DC)...From Abraham Lincoln’s tide-turning elections and inaugurations to Dr. Martin Luther King’s soul-stirring “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC has served as a...
2009_DC_LATCRA_091104	165	Willard Hotel -- Event: Lincoln at the Crossroads Alliance gala dinner A Call to Union An Evening at the Willard Inter Continental Hotel November 4, 2009 PROGRAM Master of Ceremonies Kim B. Holien, Professional Military Historian Speakers: The Honorable Frank J. Williams. Chief Justice (Ret.) of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Author, Lecturer Mr. William B....
2015_DC_Willard_2nd_Misc_150307	99	Willard Hotel -- Event: Lincoln Inaugural Banquet -- Misc Lincoln Inaugural Banquet Come and join us as we celebrate the 2nd Inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln at the Willard Hotel. Our guest speaker will be Professor Lucas Morel, from Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, Virginia, will be discussing the impact of Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural to the...
2015_DC_Willard_2nd_Pgm_150307	107	Willard Hotel -- Event: Lincoln Inaugural Banquet -- Pgm Lincoln Inaugural Banquet Come and join us as we celebrate the 2nd Inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln at the Willard Hotel. Our guest speaker will be Professor Lucas Morel, from Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, Virginia, will be discussing the impact of Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural to the...
2009_DC_LincolnP	90	Willard Hotel -- Event: Lincoln Presenters The Willard InterContinental and The Association of Lincoln Presenters brought together 60 costumed Abraham and Mary Todd Lincolns, along with Frederick Douglass and General Ulysses S. Grant, in the hotel lobby, conversing in character with guests and children from DC's Thomson Elementary School....

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