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“THE FORUM LAUNCHES THE
LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL”Sunday, November 16th
1:00 pm Registration begins in the lobby of the Holiday Inn
1:00 pm Bookstores and exhibitors in the Terrace Room of the Holiday Inn
5:30 pm Cash bar in the Holiday Inn Ballroom
6:00 pm Dinner in the Holiday Inn Ballroom
Welcome to The Forum: Hon. Frank J. Williams, Chairman
Welcome to Gettysburg: Tina Grim, Program Coordinator of the Civil War Institute
7:00 pm Harold Holzer, Abraham Lincoln: President-Elect
Monday, November 17th
8:30 am Book display and sale continue all day in the Terrace Room
9:00 am Allen Guelzo, The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
10:00 am William Lee Miller, The Duty of a Statesman
11:00 am Craig L. Symonds, Abraham Lincoln: Admiral in Chief
12:00 noon Buffet Lunch in the breakfast room of Holiday Inn
2:00 pm Philip Kunhardt, Lincoln: The Documentary
3:00 pm Jean H. Baker, Abraham and Mary: A 166th Anniversary Assessment
4:00 pm Author book signing in the Breakfast room of the Holiday Inn
6:00 pm Cash bar in the Holiday Inn Ballroom
6:30 pm Dinner in the Holiday Inn Ballroom
7:30 pm John Y. Simon & John Marszalek, Who Won Lincoln’s War? Grant or Sherman
Tuesday, November 18th
7:00 am Annual Board of Advisors breakfast meeting
8:00 am Bookstores and exhibitors in Terrace Room, open until 3pm
9:00 am Annual State of The Forum report and election of officers, in the Ballroom
9:15 am Don McCue, Announcement: Winner of 2008 Platt Family Essay Contest
9:30 am Panel: “Lincoln in Myth and Memory”, Frank J. Williams, Moderator, featuring
Gerald Prokopowicz, Edward Steers Jr., Harold Holzer & James Percoco
12:00 pm Lunch at the Historic 1776 Dobbin House, a short walk to restaurant
2:00 pm Grand Opening of the Wills House, co-sponsored by the Lincoln Forum,
with shuttle busses to the town Diamond
6:00pm Cash bar in the Holiday Inn Ballroom
6:30pm Dinner in the Holiday Inn Ballroom
7:30 pm Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement
7:30 pm Ken Burns, Keynote
Wednesday, November 19thTown of Gettysburg Remembrance Day Activities:9:45 a.m. Wreath-Laying Ceremony, Soldiers' National Monument, Gettysburg National Cemetery; free and open to the general public 10:00 a.m. Dedication Day Ceremony Soldiers' National Cemetery; free and open to the general public
Speaker: Ken Burns Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania Luncheon (Advance registration and payment required) 5:30-9:30 p.m. The Friends of the National Parks will host the Sixth annual Remembrance Illumination in the Soldiers' National Cemetery. 8:00 p.m. Annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial; free and open to the general public Lecture, at the historic Majestic Theatre
Speaker: Catherine Clinton The town activities are optional and not sponsored by The Lincoln Forum. Transportation is not provided on the 19th. |
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