Celebrate Lincoln's 200th

The Vermont Commission on the Lincoln Bicentennial has scheduled the following educational and entertaining offerings to celebrate this historic event. Please feel free to email me for more details or with any questions.

MUSIC – LINDA RADTKE, “VERMONT CIVIL WAR SONGBOOK”
Feb. 25, 2009: State House, Montpelier, 7 pm

MUSIC – COUNTERPOINT, “LINCOLN AND LIBERTY”
Apr. 26, 2009: McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, 4pm

MUSIC – “A LINCOLN PORTRAIT”
Feb. 2009 (TBD): Middlebury College Orchestra, Middlebury Arts Center

FIRST WEDNESDAYS SERIES
Feb. 4, 2009: Brooks Memorial Library, 7pm, Manisha Sinha, author of The Counter-Revolution Of Slavery
Feb. 4, 2009: Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, author of Mr. and Mrs. Prince, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7pm
Mar. 4, 2009: Rutland Free Library, Rutland, 7pm, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Apr. 1, 2009: Goodrich Memorial Library, 7pm, Newport, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina

PUBLIC LECTURES
Mar. 12, 2009: Blake Memorial Library, East Corinth, 7 pm

HILDENE
Jan. 31, 2009: Lincoln Birthday Luncheon, Award Presentation for Lincoln Essay Contest,
Keynote Speaker Ronald White, author of Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural, Equinox, Manchester
Jan. 22, 2009: Seth Bongartz- Lincoln the Politician
Feb. 7, 2009: Abe Lincoln's Hat -Interactive reading of the book and cupcakes to celebrate Mr. Lincoln's birthday!
Feb. 26, 2009: Craig Symonds- Lincoln as Commander in Chief
Mar. 26, 2009: Brian Dirck- Lincoln the Lawyer
Apr. 23, 2009: Michael Burlingame, Influence on, and Development of Lincoln’s Character

HUMANITIES COUNCIL READING & DISCUSSION OFFERINGS
“Lincoln: The Bicentennial of his Birth” (3 sessions)
“Our Civil War Legacy” (5 sessions)
“Influential First Ladies” (5 sessions)
“Seminal Statements of American Values” (5 sessions)

OTHER EVENTS
Feb. 12, 2009: State House, Montpelier, Friends of the State House Lincoln celebration
Workshops with Vermont teachers, dates and locations TBD