Lincoln at The Filson
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Events/Activities
The Filson Historical Society’s Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial events began with the Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture featuring Harold Holzer on Feb. 10 at The Temple. Holzer is one of the country’s leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. A prolific writer and lecturer, and frequent guest on television, he serves as co-chairman of the United States Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. This lecture was one of the largest programs
on the first day of the two-year commemoration.
The Filson will offer other Lincoln following related activities in 2008-2009.
The Lincoln Express
The Filson will take one and two-day trips to Springfield, Hodgenville,
Lexington and Frankfort in 2008 and 2009 to explore Lincoln related sites.
Web site
Using grant funding from the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Commission a special Lincoln section entitled “Lincoln’s Kentucky”
has been developed and posted on The Filson’s web site. It will be enhanced through the bicentennial with planned launching in conjunction with the official beginning of the Lincoln bicentennial.
Exhibits
Lincoln and Davis
A case exhibit in the museum displaying items regarding these two native Kentuckians who were the leaders of the opposing sides in the Civil War.
Henry Clay to Abraham Lincoln – Preserving the Union
A small wall-mounted exhibit in the museum focusing on the efforts of these two Kentuckians to preserve the Union.
The Great Divide
Exhibit in the third floor Jones Gallery in association with The Filson Institute focusing on the sectional differences between the North and South and the slide into disunion and Civil War.
Lectures
In Fall 2008, three Lincoln lectures relating to Lincoln will also be scheduled.
Reading and Discussion Groups
At least four book discussion groups will be hosted on Lincoln related
books.
Call For Papers
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis: Two Visions of America
Oct. 24 –25, 2008
The Filson Institute for the Advanced Study of the Ohio Valley and the Upper South will hold a two-day academic conference examining the competing visions of the United States that developed in the antebellum border states, and that were symbolized in the lives of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
This conference will explore the nature of these different visions of America, and the role of the “middle ground”-from the states bordering Mason Dixon line in the east, through the states of the Ohio Valley, and to Missouri in the west-in forging distinct and divergent sectional identities in the 50 years before the Civil War.
Teachers As Scholars
The Teachers as Scholars program seeks to “teach the teachers” of public and private schools at the secondary and high school levels the value of including primary-source material in their classroom use. The programs will focus on The Filson’s Lincoln related material to be included in the enhancement in the classroom during Lincoln related lessons.
Exhibit Loans
The Filson is cooperating with the Kentucky Historical Society regarding
its major Lincoln exhibit and its Historymobile. If you are traveling around the state, check out The Filson’s items on loan.
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