LINCOLN ASSASSINATION AND THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR
January 25, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130
Join HistoryMiami and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation (ALBF) for an all-star 150th anniversary symposium on Abraham Lincoln’s death and the return of peace to the divided American Union. Enjoy historical insights from nationally recognized scholars on the meaning—and limits—of sectional reconciliation in 1865, plus a special guest appearance by actor Stephen Lang.
The symposium will feature a keynote address by historian William C. Davis (author of the new book Crucible of Command) on Grant and Lee and the end of the Civil War.
A panel discussion, What if Lincoln Had Lived?, moderated by Harold Holzer, author of Lincoln and the Power of the Press will follow the keynote address. Distinguished panelists will include Darrel Bigham, author of On Jordan’s Banks: Emancipation and Its Aftermath…, Orville Vernon Burton, author of The Age of Lincoln, Thomas Campbell, author of Fighting Slavery in Chicago, Edna Greene Medford, author of Lincoln and Emancipation, and Frank J. Williams, author of Lincoln as Hero.
**Special guest performance by award-winning actor Stephen Lang (Gods and Generals, Avatar) portraying Gettysburg Medal of Honor winner James Jackson Purman.
Reception at HistoryMiami will follow at 4 p.m.
Free admission. RSVP online at: https://historymiami.wufoo.com/forms/lincoln-symposium/
Image: Peter Kramer, Lincoln and His Generals, Engraving, 1865 (Library of Congress)
The Lincoln Symposium is sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation and the History Channel with the support of William and Jean Soman.
