Abraham Lincoln as War President

Where: Cantigny First Division Foundation. First Division Museum, Wheaton, Illinois

When: Saturday October 18, 2008, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Presentations:

• The Emancipation Proclamation as a War Measure (Paul Finkelman, Albany Law School)
• Current Lincoln Scholarship (Harold Holzer, United States Lincoln Bicentennial Commission)
• Lincoln Records in the National Archives (Trevor Plante, National Archives and Records Administration)
• President Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant (John Y Simon, Ulysses S. Grant Association)
• Lincoln and the Copperhead Movement in Illinois (Thomas Schwartz, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library)

Living History re-enactors will be on display during the Symposium. Teachers can earn continuing education credits. Cost:

• General Public: $40.00
• Teachers/Civil WAr Round Table Members: $20.00
• Students and Senior Citizens: $10.00.

More information contact: National Archives—Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski Roud, Chicago, IL 60629, 773-938-9001, fax 773 948 9050, e-mail: chicago.archives@nara.gov.