There are two upcoming “must-see” events sponsored by the Lincoln Group of DC. Sign up now to reserve space.
September 15th: Dinner + Lecture featuring Michael A. Ross, University of Maryland
Our monthly dinner and lecture meetings return on Sept. 15th with Michael Ross, who will speak about “Lincoln and Johnson: The Struggle to Re-unite a Nation.”
Location: Alfio’s Trattoria, 4515 Willard Ave., Chevy Chase, MD
Time: Dinner – 6:00 pm, Program – 7:00 pm
Professor Ross is the author of two award-winning books, Justice of Shattered Dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court During the Civil War Era (LSU, 2003), and The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era (Oxford UP, 2014).
Sign up on the Lincoln Group website
October 3rd: Annual Picnic and Bus Tour
Join us on a tour of “Lincoln’s Final Footsteps” as he visits General Grant at City Point and Petersburg. Among the stops are Grant’s headquarters, Appomattox Manor, Fort Wadsworth, and the Wallace House and Centre Hill Mansion in Petersburg. Tour led by registered master tour guide Craig Howell.
Location: Meet at King Street Metro Station in Alexandria, VA
Time: 8:30 am to 7:30 pm
More details and sign up on the Lincoln Group website
I will be attending both of these events and look forward to seeing both new and old faces. Check out the Lincoln Group of DC website for more details and other events.
David J. Kent has been a scientist for over thirty years, is an avid science traveler, and an independent Abraham Lincoln historian. He is the author of Tesla: The Wizard of Electricity and the e-book Nikola Tesla: Renewable Energy Ahead of Its Time. He is currently writing a book on Thomas Edison.
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