Program/Event Reframing Lincoln Symposium | "Reframing Lincoln" Symposium Remote Registration All K–12 teachers can register for free to attend via Zoom any live lecture at the Reframing Lincoln: Myth, Memory, and Changing Narratives Symposium. You can find dates, times, and guest lecturers below. Jonathan W. White, the...
History Now Essay "Revered By All": The Declaration of Independence in the Reconstruction Era Douglas R. Egerton Government and Civics Although it was the speech that redefined the conflict and effectively changed the meaning of the Constitution, Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address is often misunderstood today when it is not simply ignored, at least in American... Appears in: 67 | The Influence of the Declaration of Independence on the Civil War and Reconstruction Era Summer 2023
Essay "That glorious consummation": Lincoln on the Abolition of Slavery Allen C. Guelzo Government and Civics "That man who thinks Lincoln calmly sat down and gathered his robes about him, waiting for the people to call him, has a very erroneous knowledge of Lincoln," wrote Abraham Lincoln’s long-time law partner, William Henry Herndon. "He...