Videos

The 150th anniversary of the November 20, 1861 “Grand Review” by President Lincoln of some 70,000 Union soldiers at Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia, was commemorated with a re-enactment on Nov…

Panelists discussed President Lincoln’s timing of the release of the Emancipation Proclamation. They focused on the legal grounding for the proclamation and what it accomplished. The panelis…

William Styple talked about his book Tell Me of Lincoln: Memories of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and Life in Old New York (Belle Grove Publishing Company; October 1, 2009) and told stori…

Lincoln scholars Frank Williams and Edna Medford talked about Abraham Lincoln’s life and some of the thousands of books written about him (currently being published at the rate of one a week…

A ceremony “Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of President Abraham Lincoln” was held by the National Park Service and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission on the plaza …

Panelists talked about the American Constitution and compared the attitudes of Abraham Lincoln and George W. Bush toward the Constitution during wartime. After the program, they responded …

Judge Williams, chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, talked about his book Judging Lincoln, published by Southern Illinois University Press. He also showed some of the illustrati…

Michael Beschloss talked about the book he edited, American Heritage History of the President, published by Time Books. This new edition offers portraits of forty-two presidencies illuminati…

Professor Gary Gallagher talked about President Lincoln’s reaction to Stonewall Jackson’s 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign. After his presentation, he answered questions from members of the a…