How to observe Lincoln's Birthday and the 150th anniversary of 1864 -- a critical year in America's Civil War era! (A. Lincoln Organization)

from Abraham Lincoln Association (Springfield, Illinois, USA): The Abraham Lincoln Association Benjamin P. Thomas Lincoln Symposium Year of Decision: 1864 February 11 and 12, 2014 _________________________________ February 11, 2014 Edwards Place Reception Dedication of Restored Lincoln Courting Couch February 11, 2014 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Edwards Place 700 North Fourth Street, Springfield Free shuttle running between President Lincoln Hotel and Edward’s Place. First shuttle leaves Hotel at 5:00 p.m. Last one leaves Edward’s Place at 6:30. Cash Bar and Hor des orvers Free and open to all ALA members Keynote Address February 11, 2014 7:00 p.m. House of Representatives, Old State Capitol State Historic Site Bruce Levine , J. G. Randall Distinguished Professor of History and Professor of African American Studies, The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Fall of the House of Dixie: 1864 and the Beginning of the End Free and open to the public February 12, 2014 Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. House of Representatives, Old State Capitol Year of Decision: 1864 Participants: John F. Marszalek, Giles Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Mississippi Sate University Director and Mentor of Distinguished Scholars, Executive Director and Managing Editor, Ulysses S. Grant Association Douglas L. Wilson, George A. Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus: Co-Director Lincoln Studies Center Knox College Free and open to the public ************ Dr. Thomas F. Schwartz Luncheon and Lecture February 12, 2014 1:00-2:00 p.m. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Kate Masur Northwestern University "Personal and Political: William Slade and Elizabeth Keckly in Lincoln’s White House" http://www.abrahamlincolnassociation.org/events.aspx