Abraham Lincoln Institute

9:00 – 9:30 AM
Coffee and Registration

9:30 – 9:35 AM
WELCOME
Fred J. Martin, Jr., President
The Abraham Lincoln Institute

9:35 – 9:40 AM
National Archives Welcome
National Archives Museum
Director Marvin Pinkert

9:40 – 10:10 AM
The Gettysburg Gospel
Gabor Boritt
Introduction by Michael Burlingame

10:10 – 10:40 AM

“Budapest to Gettysburg”
A Film by Jake Boritt

10:30 – 10:40 AM
Questions

10:40 – 11:00 AM
Break

11:00 – 11:50 AM
Lincoln and the Mexican War Revisited
William C. Harris
Introduction by Lucas Morel

11:50 AM – Noon
Questions

Noon – 1:10 PM
Lunch Break in Auditorium Lobby

1:10 – 2:00 PM
President Lincoln – Statesman & Virtues
William Lee Miller
Introduction by Charles Hubbard

2:00 – 2:10 PM
Questions

2:10 – 3:00 PM
Why Lincoln Appointed Political Generals
David Work
Introduced by David Seddlemeyer

3:00 – 3:10 PM
Questions

3:10 - 3:35 PM
Break

3:35 – 4:25 PM

The Lincoln - Douglas Debates
A Panel Discussion introduced
And moderated By Allen C. Guelzo
With Rodney O. David and Douglas O. Wilson

4:25 – 4:45 PM
Questions

4:45 – 5:20 PM
Speakers Panel
Moderated by Michael Musick
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All Speakers Open to Questions
From Each other and Audience

5:20 – 5:30 PM
Presentation of the Annual Hay-=Nicolay
Dissertation Prize
By Tom Schwartz, Illinois State Librarian
And Secretary, the Abraham Lincoln Assoc.
And Fred Martin, ALI president

5:30 – 5:40 PM
Presentation of the Eleventh Annual
Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Awards
Michael Burlingame

5:40 – 5:45PM
Financial Report, ALI Treasurer
Donald Kennon

5:45 – 5:50 PM
The ALI web site; Report by
Gordon Leidner

5:50– 5:55PM
General Secretary Clark Evans

5:55 – 6:00 PM

President’s Report: Fred J. Martin, Jr.
Introduction of President-elect John R.
Sellers, and the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial.