The Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Ceremony

At the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize ceremony, at the Union League Club in New York City, on April 19, we honored James B. Conroy and Douglas R. Egerton for their outstanding scholarly works on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Read more about the prize and the prize winners on the GLI blog for April 19.

In addition to the winners of the prize, we also celebrated the work of the students from Gilder Lehrman Affiliate Schools who won the 2017 Civil War Essay Prize. On the morning of April 19, the students, along with their parents and teachers, visited the Gilder Lehrman Collection to view highlights of Abraham Lincoln and Civil War era documents, including the Emancipation Proclamation. That evening, they met leading historians of the Civil War era at the prize ceremony and were recognized for their stellar work.