Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Subcommittee
Commemorative Programs and Activities
PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION DATE CONTACT Emancipation Proclamation Jubilee Celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the January 1, 2013 Brenda Edwards state celebration Emancipation Proclamation Location to be regional celebrations Announced Annual Lincoln Day Ceremony Annual Lincoln Day Ceremony at the Lincoln February 12, 2009 Dr. Phillip Stone Homestead Cemetery in Rockingham February 12, 2010 Brenda Edwards County, co-sponsored by Lincoln Society of Virginia and MLK Commission Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday: AT CARVER REC CENTER March 18, 2009 Robert C. Vaughan Creating Paperbag Art Calling All Youth! Mozelle Booker uses Dee Brenda Edwards Keith's Abe Lincoln puppet to introduce Lincoln's early life through the book The Story of Abraham Lincoln by Ann Donegan Johnson. Artist John Trippel leads the audience in creating pictures of Lincoln's life to take home. Lincoln: His Politics, His Times, His AT UVA BOOKSTORE March 18, 2009 Robert C. Vaughan Assassins With Gary Ecelbarger (The Great Brenda Edwards Comeback: How Lincoln Beat the Odds to Win the 1860 Republican Nomination), Andrew Jampoler (The Last Lincoln Conspirator), and K.M. Kostyal (Abraham Lincoln's Extraordinary Era). Moderated by William Freehling.
Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday Nancy Cloyd uses Dee Keith's custom-made March 19-20, 2009 Robert C. Vaughan Celebration with Puppets puppet "Abe Lincoln" to introduce Lincoln's Brenda Edwards early life as described in Ann Donegan Johnson's book The Value of Respect: The Story of Abraham Lincoln
Speakers Bureau Lincoln scholars and historians will lead 2009-2010 Dr. Robert Vaughan Local Reading Clubs, seminars, symposia, Mr. Jeffry Burden and serve as resource persons for classroom teachers Local Reading Clubs “Local Reading Clubs" will be established to 2009-2010 Dr. Theodore Delaney discuss Lincoln-related books with leading Brenda Edwards scholars or historians selected from the Speakers Bureau Local Musical Tributes Music directors of local orchestras 2009-2010 Brenda Edwards institutions of higher education will be encouraged to include period music and musical tributes to Abraham Lincoln in their repertoires City of Petersburg Commemoration of The City of Petersburg will commemorate April 6, 2009 Councilman Brian Moore Lincoln's Visit Lincoln's 1865 visit to the city. Site of Walnut Hill Elementary School Historical markers will be placed at Lincoln- Historical Markers related sites in the city. Steps Toward Freedom: Lincoln's Walk The Library of Richmond, Valentine April 4-5, 2009 Dr. Tameka Hobbs in Richmond Richmond History Center, American Civil War Center at Tredegar, National Park Service, and MLK Commission will sponsor this event which retraces Lincoln's visit to Richmond after the Civil War Teacher Institutes and Seminars Staff development opportunities for 2009-2010 Dr. Phillip Stone, Dr. educators concerning Abraham Lincoln will Theodore Delaney, Brenda be provided. Edwards Comcast Newsmakers Interviews with MLK Commission and 2008-2010 Senator Henry Marsh Lincoln Bicentennial Subcommittee Councilman Moore members regarding the Lincoln Bicentennial Dr. Stone will be provided. Dr. Vaughan Dr. McGlennon Virginia's Lincoln The Commission will emphasize Lincoln's 2009-2010 Dr. Phillip Stone Virginia roots during the commemoration. Brenda Edwards Preservation of the Lincoln Preservation and restoration of the Abraham 2008 -- to Dr. Phillip Stone Homestead, Rockingham County Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery will be completion promoted. Commemorative meetings of the Commission and Subcommittee meetings 2009-2010 Brenda Edwards Lincoln Subcommittee and MLK will be held in localities and at historic sites Commission visited by and/or related to Abraham Lincoln in Virginia Legislation Commemorating the 2009 General Assembly Session January 2009 Sen. Henry Marsh Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Delegate Jennifer McClellan Brenda Edwards Morning Hour Floor Speeches House and Senate floor speeches on February 12, 2009 Sen. Henry Marsh February 12, 2009 Delegate Jennifer McClellan Brenda Edwards Lecture by Vernon Burton Author of The Age of Lincoln will speak at December 2008 Dr. Theodore DeLaney Washington and Lee University
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PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION DATE CONTACT Fifth Annual Lincoln Symposium Dr. James I. (Bud) Robertson, Jr., Bridgewater Dr. Phillip Stone hosted by the Lincoln Society of Virginia, College, April 21, will address the topic "Lincoln, the Man" 2009 at 7:30 p.m. Lincoln Legacy School Public schools in Virginia will be encouraged 2009-2010 Ms. Betsy Barton to seek status as "Lincoln Legacy School." L INCOLN FOR THE A GES: Conference Commemorating the September 25-26, Professor Lucas Morel ST L ESSONS FOR THE 21 C ENTURY Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s Birth 2009 Department of Politics Washington and Lee University
Concluding Event(s) Annual Lincoln Day Ceremony at Lincoln February 2010 Delegate Jennifer McClellan Homestead Reception hosted by Governor Lincoln Post-Bicentennial programs Follow-up activities will be pursued by the 2010 Brenda Edwards and activities Commission and Subcommittee LINCOLN, VIRGINIA WELCOMES Loudoun County’s 1730s Quaker village, February 12, 2009 Ms. Laura Longley AMERICA TO ITS 2009 ABRAHAM uniquely linked to President Lincoln July 3, 2009 LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL and his legacy, kicks off its nationally CELEBRATIONS endorsed programs Events will include the first Lincoln Fair, rededication of the Lincoln Post Office, talks on the village’s role in the Underground Railroad, visits of historic sites of Quaker and African American life Letters to the President Virginia school children will be encouraged 2009 Betsy Barton, Laura to write letters to President Obama on Longley, Brenda Edwards various topics related to Lincoln's life, relevant American history, and related contemporary social conditions. BBC Filming Virginia public school was featured studying January 14, 2009 Betsy Barton Abraham Lincoln as a part of the BBC Dr. Theodore DeLaney special on the 2009 Inauguration Article An op ed article was written by Dr. Theodore February 8, 2008 Dr. Theodore DeLaney DeLaney and published in the Fredericksburg's Free Lance Star Newspaper 2010 Lincoln Lecture Series Dr. James McPherson will kick off the 2010 February 12, 2010 Dr. Theodore DeLaney Lincoln Lecture series at W&L with a public Washington & Lee lecture on Lincoln's birthday, Friday, Feb. University 12, 2010 VFH Radio Lincoln Programming He was born 193 years ago this month. By February 2-8, 2002 Brenda Edwards With Good Reason - Lincoln's Virtues most accounts this child of the American frontier looked like a country bumpkin not a serious student. But, even at a young age, Abraham Lincoln was noted for his smarts. He read the classics. And, from these came the moral structure that allowed Lincoln, as
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PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION DATE CONTACT President, to confront some of the most wrenching issues of his time. So says William Lee Miller (UVa), author of Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography. Also featured: The carpetbagger was a Yankee scoundrel to white Southerners and a redeemer to former slaves. Historian Ted Tunnell (VCU), author of Edge of the Sword: The Ordeal of Carpetbagger Marshall H. Twitchell in the Civil War and Reconstruction, discusses the life of one carpetbagger who lost limb and nearly lost life for his ventures southward. VFH Radio Lincoln Programming Part I: He was a disfigured hunchback who August 14-19, 1998 Brenda Edwards With Good Reason - The Fall Guy: killed his nephews to ensure his place on Great Frame-Ups in History the throne of England - or was he? New scholarship indicates Richard III may have been a nice guy who didn't murder anyone, let alone his relatives. Katherine Maus (U.Va.) joins historian Dorothy Boyd-Rush (JMU) for a spirited debate. Also featured: Readings from Walter Coppedge (VCU). Part II: Dr. Samuel Mudd was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson for setting the leg of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, yet a century later the debate over his involvement is still charged. Terry Alford (Northern Virginia Community College) is featured.
VFH Radio Lincoln Programming Part I: The North calls it "Bull Run," the July 17-22, 1998 Brenda Edwards With Good Reason - Turning Points: South, "First Manassas"; But both agree that The Election of Abraham Lincoln and on July 21, 1861, the Confederacy was First Manassas victorious - dashing any hope for a short war. Brian Wills (UVa Wise) discusses how this battle forever changed the South and the nation. Part II: In 1859, Abraham wrote a 4-paragraph autobiography, with this footnote: "There is not much of it, for the reason, I suppose, that there is not much of me." Historian Douglas Wilson (U.Va.) examines the life of this self-deprecating man, from awkward youth to visionary of great resolve.
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