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Lincoln biographer Stephen Oates spoke about his efforts to tell Civil War history by using first-person monologues of major figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis a…

Harold Holzer, co-founder of the Lincoln Forum, talked about his new book, The Lincoln Mailbag, America Writes to the President, 1861-1865. He spoke about the close relationship between the …

Edna Medford talked about the reaction of free black and slave to the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. She also talked about the participation of free blacks in Northern ar…

Mr. Boritt talked about Abraham Lincoln’s family background. Professor Simon, the lead editor for the papers of Ulysses S. Grant, spoke about Lincoln’s family life, including his troubled re…

President Ulysses S. Grant’s tomb was rededicated on the 100th anniversary of the original dedication and the 175th anniversary of Grant’s birth. Two bands and a color guard participated…