Abraham Lincoln

Walter Stahr to give Founders Day keynote address at Union College

Joe Donahue — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:35:00 +0000

Walter Stahr, author of an acclaimed biography on one of Union College's most distinguished alumni, William Henry Seward, will deliver the keynote address at Founders Day today at 12:45 in Memorial Chapel.

Emancipation Proclamation on display in Albany

Dave Lucas — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:59:00 +0000

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Abraham Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation is on display in Albany, wrapping up the historic document's tour of New York state.

The two-day exhibit opened Friday in the War Room on the second floor of the state Capitol. It features the only surviving version of the document in Lincoln's handwriting. The display also includes historical background and interpretation of the document, which was issued by Lincoln on Sept. 22, 1862.

The final Emancipation Proclamation was issued and took effect on Jan. 1, 1863.

"A Wicked War" by Amy S. Greenberg

Joe Donahue — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:35:00 +0000

Amy S. Greenberg is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Women's Studies at Penn State University. She is a leading scholar of Manifest Destiny and has held fellowships from the Huntington Library, the New-York Historical Society, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the American Philosophical Society.

Harold Holzer

Joe Donahue — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:35:00 +0000

Harold Holzer is one of the country's leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. A prolific writer and lecturer, and frequent guest on television, Holzer serves as chairman of The Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation.

Listener Essay - The Power of Warmth and Icy Resolve

Kathryn Allen — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:25:00 +0000

Kathryn Allen is a writer living in Menands, NY.

Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective by Richard Schickel

Joe Donahue — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:10:00 +0000

Famed film critic, writer, and film historian Richard Schickel has written a retrospective of Spielberg’s career (Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective).

Thistle Hill Weavers and Lincoln's Shawl

Joe Donahue — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:50:00 +0000

In chilly weather, Lincoln often wore a dark wool shawl over his shoulders. Many years later Robert Todd Lincoln gave his father's shawl to a friend and it now in the American History collection at The Smithsonian (though not currently on display). In the new movie, Lincoln is seen often wearing a shawl.

Lincoln: A President for the Ages

Joe Donahue — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:36:00 +0000

In Lincoln: A President for the Ages, Lincoln scholars speculate on questions like: Would Lincoln have dropped the bomb on Hiroshima? How would he conduct the War on Terror?

Tune for Today

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:33:00 +0000

"A Lincoln Portrait" by Aaron Copland narrated by Walter Cronkite with the US Coast Guard Band

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Joe Donahue — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:10:00 +0000

Doris Kearns Goodwin spent almost a decade with Lincoln while writing the 2005 bestseller - Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.