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"Getting To Know The Real Mary Lincoln" - Anita - 01-28-2017 02:35 PM
The First Ladies National Library is holding an all day event on Monday, Feb. 27th entiled "Getting to Know the Real Mary Lincoln"
Legacy Lecture: Lincoln Series
Dr. Stacy Pratt McDermott, former Assistant director & Associate Editor of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln at the University of Illinois Springfield.
Jason Emerson, author of The Madness of Mary Lincoln, Lincoln's Lover: Mary Lincoln in Poetry (in publication) & is currently working on Mary Lincoln for the Ages.
The playwrite, James Still was commissioned by Ford's Theatre to write a play about Mary Lincoln. The Widow Lincoln premiered at Ford's Theatre on January 23, 2015.
Alexandria Wood is the Education Program Manager at Ford's theatre, will round out our Lincoln Series panalists.
$50.00 nonmembers, $45.00 members, $35.00 students with valid student ID. Includes continental breakfast & lunch
9:00 am.
Call for reservations 330-452-0876 ext. 307.
http://www.firstladies.org/
RE: "Getting To Know The Real Mary Lincoln" - RJNorton - 01-28-2017 02:56 PM
This sounds interesting, Anita. Thank you for posting.
RE: "Getting To Know The Real Mary Lincoln" - Anita - 01-28-2017 04:51 PM
(01-28-2017 02:56 PM)RJNorton Wrote: This sounds interesting, Anita. Thank you for posting.
Wish I lived closer. I definitely would attend. I'll send an email and inquire if there are plans to make a video.