National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Site Interpreter Training Workshop Presented by the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE and the ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS Hosted by ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Hodgenville, Kentucky May 22- 23, 2007 LINCOLN HOME NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Springfield, Illinois June 4- 5, 2007 LINCOLN BOYHOOD NATIONAL MEMORIAL Lincoln City, Indiana June 7- 8, 2007 www.nps.gov EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA 2007 National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Site Interpreter Training Workshop Agenda-Day 1 8:30 a.m. Welcome/Introductions 8:40 a.m. Interpreting Lincoln Within the Context of the Civil War - MT-M & DTP Challenges of talking about Lincoln and slavery at historic sites Centennial and South Carolina (1961) Lincoln Statue in Richmond (2003) Ft. Sumter Brochure - before and after Appomattox Handbook - before and after 10:00 Break 10:15 – Slavery and the Coming of the War - MT-M Origins and expansion of slavery in the British North American colonies Slavery in the United States Constitution Slavery’s Southern expansion and Northern extinction, 1790- 1820 Failed compromises and fatal clashes: the frontier as the focus in the struggle over slavery, 1820- 1860 The rise and fall of political parties 12:00 Lunch 1:30 – Lincoln and the Republican Party in the Context of the 1850s - MT-M Public opinion in the first era of courting public opinion The popular culture of political rallies, newspapers, novels, religious tracts, and oratory Rise of abolitionism and pro- slavery factions Their arguments – emotional, "scientific," political, moral. Election of 1860 4:30 End of Day www.nps.gov EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA 2007 NPS-2007-Page 1 National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Site Interpreter Training Workshop Suggested Readings for Day 1 8:30 Interpreting Lincoln Within the Context of the Civil War Suggested readings for this section: John Latschar. “Coming to Terms with the Civil War at Gettysburg National Military Park.” National Council on Public History, Houston, Texas, April 24, 2003. <http:// www.nps.gov/civic/casestudies/gettysburg.html> Cynthia MacLeod. “Crossing Boundaries: Interpreting Resource- Related Issues.” George Wright Forum, vol. 19, no. 3 (2002), pp. 34- 39. <http://www.georgewright.org> Dwight T. Pitcaithley, “The American Civil War and the Preservation of Memory.” CRM, vol. 25, no. 4 (2002), pp. 5- 9. <http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/25- 04/25- 04- 2.pdf> “‘A Cosmic Threat’: The National Park Service Address the Causes of the American Civil War.” Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory. Edited by James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton. New York: The New Press, 2006, pp. 169- 186. Robert Sutton, “Introduction.” Rally on the High Ground: The National Park Service Symposium on the Civil War. Eastern National, 2001, pp. xi- xvi. John Tucker, “Interpreting Slavery and Civil Rights at Fort Sumter National Monument.” The George Wright Forum, vol. 19, no. 4 (2002), pp. 15- 31. <http:// www.georgewright.org> Marie Tyler- McGraw, “Southern Comfort Levels: Race, Heritage Tourism, and the Civil War in Richmond.” Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory. Edited by James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton. New York: The New Press, 2006, pp. 151- 167. www.nps.gov EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA 2007 NPS-2007-Page 2 National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Site Interpreter Training Workshop Agenda-Day 2 8:30 Secession, Lincoln, and War - MT-M & DTP Secession and the Constitution Why secession? Constitutional secession? Compromise Attempts - Crittenden, et al. Lincoln’s Choices after Ft. Sumter Emancipation Antietam - September 17, 1862 Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation - September 22, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation - January 1, 1863 Gettysburg Address - November 19, 1863 USCT and Black Confederates Second Inaugural - March 4, 1865 10:00 Break 10:15 Aftermath of the War, Reconstruction, and the Rise of Jim Crow - DTP Assassination - April 14, 1865 Thirteenth Amendment - December 18, 1865 Fourteenth Amendment - July 28, 1868 Fifteenth Amendment - March 30, 1870 Reconstruction Lynching as National Pastime 12:00 Lunch 1:30 The National Memory of the War - DTP Organizations Players Publications Monuments U.S. Capitol Arlington Cemetery Reconciliation vs. Emancipation memory of the war 3:30 Final Thoughts - DTP & MT- M & Participants 4:30 End of Day www.nps.gov EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA 2007 NPS-2007-Page 3 National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Site Interpreter Training Workshop Suggested Readings for Day 2 8:30 Secession, Lincoln, and War Suggested readings for this section: Ira Berlin, “Slavery in American Life: Past, Present, and Future.” Rally on the High Ground: The National Park Service Symposium on the Civil War. Eastern National, 2001, pp. 11- 21. James O. Horton, “Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War: A Matter of Interpretation. Rally on the High Ground: The National Park Service Symposium on the Civil War. Eastern National, 2001, pp. 67- 79. 1:30 The National Memory of the War Suggested readings for this section: John M. Coski. “Historians Under Fire: The Public and the Memory of the Civil War.” CRM, vol. 25, no. 4 (2002), pp. 13- 15. <http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/25- 04/25- 04- 4.pdf> Eric Foner. “The Civil War and a New Birth of American Freedom.” Rally on the High Ground: The National Park Service Symposium on the Civil War. Eastern National, 2001, pp. 91- 101. James O. Horton. “Confronting Slavery and Revealing the ‘Lost Cause.’” CRM, vol. 21, no. 4 (1998), pp. 14- 20. <http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/21- 4/21- 4- 5.pdf> Edward T. Linenthal. “Epilogue: Reflections.” Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory. Edited by James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton. New York: The New Press, 2006, pp. 213- 224. www.nps.gov EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA 2007 NPS-2007-Page 4 National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Site Interpreter Training Workshop Presenters* wight T. Pitcaithley is College Professor of History at New Mexico State University. In 2005 D he retired as Chief Historian of the National Park Service, a position he held for ten years. During his thirty- year career with the National Park Service, he worked in Santa Fe, Boston, and Washington, D.C. He has published articles related to historic preservation and the interpretation of historic sites and visited 220 of the 388 natural and cultural places that comprise the National Park System. arie Tyler- McGraw is an independent scholar currently working as a consultant and M contractor for public history projects. She was a historian at the National Park Service and the Valentine Richmond History Center. She worked for the National Endowment for the Humanities, taught American history and American studies in several colleges and universities, and held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution. She has recently completed a book manuscript on the American Colonization Society, Crossing Over: Virginia and Liberia. *biographical information is taken from, James O. Horton and Lois Horton, eds. Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory. New York: The New Press, 2006. www.nps.gov EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA 2007 NPS-2007-Page 5 National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Site Interpreter Training Workshop Notes www.nps.gov EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA 2007 NPS-2007-Page 6 National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Site Interpreter Training Workshop Notes www.nps.gov EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA 2007 NPS-2007-Page 7 National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Site Interpreter Training Workshop Notes www.nps.gov EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA 2007 NPS-2007-Page 8 National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Site Interpreter Training Workshop Notes www.nps.gov EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA 2007 NPS-2007-Page 9 National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln Home