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No Malice Film Contest

Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Jonathan W. White

09/14/23

Join us for an in-depth conversation Thursday, September 14, 2023 with Dr. Jonathan W. White on his most recent book, Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Jonathan W. White on 09/14/23

Ambassador Paolo Rondelli Presentation on Abraham Lincoln and San Marino

09/12/23

Join us at the Loyola University Chicago-Water Tower Campus, Schreiber Center, on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, beginning at 4:30 p.m. for a presentation featuring Ambassador Paolo Rondelli speaking about the relationship between President Lincoln and San Marino.

Read more about Ambassador Paolo Rondelli Presentation on Abraham Lincoln and San Marino on 09/12/23

“Lincoln Leadership Portraits” Exhibit

08/31/23

Portraits of past Lincoln Leadership Prize recipients Archbishop Desmond Tutu, The Little Rock Nine and Neil DeGrasse Tyson from the Foundation’s collection were on display as part of an exhibit at Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum.

Read more about “Lincoln Leadership Portraits” Exhibit on 08/31/23

Book Signing & Presentation with Bestselling Author Nancy Horan

08/12/23

Join us at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center on Saturday, August 12th for a presentation and book signing with New York Times Bestselling Author Nancy Horan. Horan will be discussing her latest book The House of Lincoln.

Read more about Book Signing & Presentation with Bestselling Author Nancy Horan on 08/12/23

Lincoln Leadership Prize Dinner

06/14/23

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, June 14th it awarded its prestigious 2023 Lincoln Leadership Prize to Jim Reynolds, founder, chairman and CEO of Loop Capital, for his track record of mentorship, service, and philanthropy

Read more about Lincoln Leadership Prize Dinner on 06/14/23

Celebrate the Julius Rosenwald Mural Completion & Exhibit Project Launch

05/03/23

Join us on Wednesday, May 3rd from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. CT for a Reception to Celebrate the Julius Rosenwald Mural Completion and the Julius Rosenwald Exhibit Project Launch. Hosted by the Lincoln Presidential Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Springfield.

Read more about Celebrate the Julius Rosenwald Mural Completion & Exhibit Project Launch on 05/03/23

Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Mark Pohlad - PART TWO

04/19/23

Join us on Wednesday, April 19th from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. CT for PART TWO of an engaging program led by Prof. Pohlad as he takes us through a visual slideshow examining several of the artworks and photographs made of the Sixteenth President.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Mark Pohlad - PART TWO on 04/19/23

Four Score Speaker Series: Candice Shy Hooper

03/21/23

Join us on Tuesday, March 21st from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. CT for a discussion with author and historian Candice Shy Hooper on her book, Delivered Under Fire: Absalom Markland and Freedom’s Mail.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Candice Shy Hooper on 03/21/23

Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Mark Pohlad - PART ONE

02/22/23

Join us on Wednesday, February 22th from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. CT for an engaging program led by Prof. Pohlad as he takes us through a visual slideshow examining several of the artworks and photographs made of the Sixteenth President.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Mark Pohlad - PART ONE on 02/22/23

Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Kate Masur

01/19/23

Join us on Thursday, January 19th from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. CT for a discussion with author and historian Dr. Kate Masur on her latest book, Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Kate Masur on 01/19/23

Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Silvana Siddali

11/29/2022

Join us for the final installment of “Warning Signs: Lincoln’s Response to Rising Threats to Freedom, Justice, and Democracy,” the Foundation’s new online resource project developed with generous support from Iron Mountain.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Silvana Siddali on 11/29/2022

Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Jonathan W. White

11/09/2022

Join us on Wednesday, November 9th from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. CT for the third installment of “Warning Signs: Lincoln’s Response to Rising Threats to Freedom, Justice, and Democracy,” the Foundation’s new online resource project developed with generous support from Iron Mountain.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Jonathan W. White on 11/09/2022

Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Rachel Shelden

10/18/22

Join us Tuesday, October 18th from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. CT for the second installment of “Warning Signs: Lincoln’s Response to Rising Threats to Freedom, Justice, and Democracy,” the Foundation’s new online resource project developed with generous support from Iron Mountain.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Rachel Shelden on 10/18/22

Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Lucas Morel

09/29/22

Join us on Thursday, September 29th from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. CT for the first installment of “Warning Signs: Lincoln’s Response to Rising Threats to Freedom, Justice, and Democracy,” the Foundation’s new online resource project developed with generous support from Iron Mountain.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Lucas Morel on 09/29/22

Charter Member Open House

07/27/22

Join us on Tuesday, July 27th from 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a special VIP Charter Member Open House as we shine a spotlight on the Lincoln Home National Historic Site located in Springfield, Illinois.

Read more about Charter Member Open House on 07/27/22

Virtual Voyage-Lincoln Home National Historic Site

06/30/22

Take a midday break for a virtual, 45-minute field trip with our friends at Lincoln’s Home, a historic site. The tour looks into the Lincoln family during the seventeen years they lived in the house on the corner of Eighth and Jackson Streets.

Read more about Virtual Voyage-Lincoln Home National Historic Site on 06/30/22

Members Open House

06/28/22

Join us on Tuesday, June 28th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for an Open House as we shine a spotlight on the Lincoln Home National Historic Site located in Springfield, Illinois.

Read more about Members Open House on 06/28/22

Virtual Voyage-President Lincoln’s Cottage

05/26/22

Take a midday break for a virtual, 45-minute field trip. Our first Virtual Voyage is with our friends at President Lincoln's Cottage, a historic site and museum located 3 miles north of the White House where Lincoln and his family spent 1/4 of his presidency.

Read more about Virtual Voyage-President Lincoln’s Cottage on 05/26/22

Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Lucas Morel

May 18, 2022

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Lucas Morel, author of Lincoln and the American Founding published by Southern Illinois University Press as part of its Concise Lincoln Library.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Lucas Morel on May 18, 2022

Winston Churchill on the American Civil War

May 5, 2022

Join Lincoln Presidential Foundation CEO Erin Carlson Mast for a discussion with Lee Pollock, Trustee and Advisor to the Board of The International Churchill Society, who will share Winston Churchill’s fascination with the American Civil War and what it reveals both about Churchill’s view of history and about the War itself.

Read more about Winston Churchill on the American Civil War on May 5, 2022

2022 Lincoln Leadership Prize - Recipient Mellody Hobson

04/28/2022

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation presented Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President of Ariel Investments, with its prestigious Lincoln Leadership Prize on Thursday, April 28, 2022.

Read more about 2022 Lincoln Leadership Prize - Recipient Mellody Hobson on 04/28/2022

Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Caroline Janney

4/12/2022

Join us for a discussion with Dr. Caroline Janney about her scholarship and most recent book Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox, released by UNC Press in September 2021.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Caroline Janney on 4/12/2022

Overview of the Foreign Relations of the U.S. Series with Joshua Botts, Office of the Historian, US Department of State

03/23/22

Joshua Botts, from the State Department’s Office of the Historian, will deliver a presentation on the history of the Foreign Relations series.

Read more about Overview of the Foreign Relations of the U.S. Series with Joshua Botts, Office of the Historian, US Department of State on 03/23/22

Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Ted Widmer

3/8/2022

Join us for an in-depth conversation with Dr. Ted Widmer on his most recent book, Lincoln on the Verge.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Ted Widmer on 3/8/2022

Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Jonathan W. White

2/8/2022

Join us for a special pre-publication conversation with Dr. Jonathan W. White about his forthcoming book, A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Jonathan W. White on 2/8/2022

High-Powered Interview of Authors Ron White and Talmage Boston

11/30/21

Join us for a high-powered interview with author and Lincoln historian Ron White, Lincoln historian and litigation attorney and author Talmage Boston

Read more about High-Powered Interview of Authors Ron White and Talmage Boston on 11/30/21

White House History with Susan Page: A Discussion with author Michael Burlingame

11/17/21

Join us for the fourth installment of the White House Historical Association’s White House History with Susan Page on “'The Black Man's President': Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality.”

Read more about White House History with Susan Page: A Discussion with author Michael Burlingame on 11/17/21

The Story-telling Power of a Good Recipe

11/3/21

Join us for some delicious conversation with author Rae Katherine Eighmey as we explore "The story-telling power of a good recipe"

Read more about The Story-telling Power of a Good Recipe on 11/3/21

An engaging interview with author Catherine Clinton on her book Mrs. Lincoln: A Life

10/20/21

In the words of Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Joseph Ellis, Mrs. Lincoln “is distinctive for its abiding sanity, its deft and in-depth handling of the White House years, and for the consistent quality of its prose.”

Read more about An engaging interview with author Catherine Clinton on her book Mrs. Lincoln: A Life on 10/20/21

Civil War Dress From the Inside-Out

10/13/21

Just how many layers did 1860s women wear to achieve that bell-shaped silhouette? Join Illinois State Museum’s Curator of History Erika Holst to find out!

Read more about Civil War Dress From the Inside-Out on 10/13/21

A 'No-holds Barred' Interview With President/General Ulysses S Grant

9/22/2021

Fellow Illinoisan, Ulysses S Grant, is one of the least understood of our American heroes. He is regarded highly by some and scorned by others. This is not unusual for him as even his good friend, General Sherman, said that Grant was an enigma even to himself.

Read more about A 'No-holds Barred' Interview With President/General Ulysses S Grant on 9/22/2021

The No Malice Film Celebration

September 19, 2021

The No Malice Film Celebration honored the work of ten remarkable filmmakers, ages 11-21, who are the winners of The No Malice Film Contest, presented by the Lincoln Presidential Foundation, The Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation, and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

Read more about The No Malice Film Celebration on September 19, 2021

Juneteenth and Emancipation in America

June 9, 2021

How does Juneteenth fit within the broader story of slavery and Emancipation in the United States?

Read more about Juneteenth and Emancipation in America on June 9, 2021

Four Score Speaker Series with Dr. David Silkenat

June 2, 2021

University of Edinburgh lecturer Dr. David Silkenat on his latest book.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series with Dr. David Silkenat on June 2, 2021

Four Score Speaker Series with Jon White

May 12, 2021

Jon White is emerging as one of the nation’s foremost scholars on the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series with Jon White on May 12, 2021

Kate Warne: America's First Female Private Detective

May 5, 2021

Kate Warne, America’s first female private detective, joined the Pinkerton Agency in 1856.

Read more about Kate Warne: America's First Female Private Detective on May 5, 2021

Filmmaking 101 for the Classroom

May 4, 2021

As part of our No Malice Film Contest for young people ages 11-21, Liliane Calfee, director of the award-winning DePaul/CHA Youth Film programs, provided a workshop to help students and teachers get started on filmmaking.

Read more about Filmmaking 101 for the Classroom on May 4, 2021

2021 Lincoln Leadership Prize -Gary Sinise

April 13, 2021

Sinise was named the 2021 recipient of this prize in part because of his commitment to helping and supporting veterans, active-duty military, first responders, their families and those in need.

Read more about 2021 Lincoln Leadership Prize -Gary Sinise on April 13, 2021

Mr. Lincoln the night before his 2nd Inauguration

March 23, 2021

The date was Friday, March 3, 1865, the evening before the 2nd inauguration. What was going through Mr. Lincoln's mind? Where were his thoughts on the previous November election?

Read more about Mr. Lincoln the night before his 2nd Inauguration on March 23, 2021

"Four Score Speaker Series" with Ed Achorn

March 9, 2021

Ed Achorn discusses his latest book, "Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln".

Read more about "Four Score Speaker Series" with Ed Achorn on March 9, 2021

Trust Your Gut: The Stories You Were Born To Tell, T. Shawn Taylor

March 6, 2021

As part of the No Malice Film Contest filmmaker series, T. Shawn Taylor, a former full-time journalist and master storyteller presents a workshop titled “Trust Your Gut: The Stories You Were Born to Tell.”

Read more about Trust Your Gut: The Stories You Were Born To Tell, T. Shawn Taylor on March 6, 2021

Conversation with ALPLF President and CEO, Erin Carlson Mast

March 3, 2021

President and CEO of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation Erin Carlson Mast, a leader in the museum and historic site field shares her vision for preserving Lincoln’s legacy.

Read more about Conversation with ALPLF President and CEO, Erin Carlson Mast on March 3, 2021

Seeds for Story, Pamela Sherrod Anderson

February 27, 2021

Pamela Sherrod Anderson, the founder of Graceworks Theater and Film Production LLC and award-winning writer, filmmaker, and journalist, held a virtual presentation titled “Seeds for Story.”

Read more about Seeds for Story, Pamela Sherrod Anderson on February 27, 2021

The People in My Films: Portrayal and Relationships, Steve James

February 20, 2021

Steve James’ previous work includes Academy Award nominated films Hoop Dreams and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail.

Read more about The People in My Films: Portrayal and Relationships, Steve James on February 20, 2021

Old State Capitol Then and Now

February 17, 2021

Justin Blandford, site superintendent for the state historic sites in Springfield, manages the network of sites .

Read more about Old State Capitol Then and Now on February 17, 2021

Directing: The Storyteller, Rita Coburn

February 13, 2021

Rita Coburn is a Peabody and Emmy Award winning Director, Writer, and Producer with nearly four decades in radio, television and film.

Read more about Directing: The Storyteller, Rita Coburn on February 13, 2021

Creating Your Own Content-Troy Osborne Pryor

February 6, 2021

The No Malice Film Contest invites filmmakers, from ages 11 to 21, to make short films that deal with racial healing.

Read more about Creating Your Own Content-Troy Osborne Pryor on February 6, 2021

A Life Worth Remembering - The Monumental Life and Legacy of Abraham Lincoln

January 26, 2021

David Wiegers joined us to discuss his 15 year odyssey to find Lincoln statues.

Read more about A Life Worth Remembering - The Monumental Life and Legacy of Abraham Lincoln on January 26, 2021

"Four Score Speaker Series" with Dr. Peter Carmichael

January 13, 2021

The culmination of nearly ten years' work.

Read more about "Four Score Speaker Series" with Dr. Peter Carmichael on January 13, 2021

Conversations with Frederick Douglass

December 15, 2020

Bob Davis joined us to tell the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass and the recruitment of the US Colored Troops.

Read more about Conversations with Frederick Douglass on December 15, 2020

"Four Score Speaker Series" with Jason Emerson

December 7, 2020

Read more about "Four Score Speaker Series" with Jason Emerson on December 7, 2020

Conversations with Sojourner Truth

November 17, 2020

Sojourner Truth, portrayed by Patricia Davis, describes her experiences as an abolitionist and suffragette.

Read more about Conversations with Sojourner Truth on November 17, 2020

"Four Score Speaker Series" with Dr. Thomas Brown

November 12, 2020

Thomas Brown, professor of history at the University of South Carolina, provides a comprehensive overview of the American war memorial.

Read more about "Four Score Speaker Series" with Dr. Thomas Brown on November 12, 2020

Lincoln and the Railroad

October 28, 2020

Explore the impacts and legacy of the transcontinental railroad.

Read more about Lincoln and the Railroad on October 28, 2020

3RD Annual Lincolniana Gala goes virtual featuring Harold Holzer

October 13, 2020

October 13, 2020 - The evening included a virtual Happy Hour with Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer followed by a discussion via Zoom with Holzer and Historian Christian McWhirter.

Read more about 3RD Annual Lincolniana Gala goes virtual featuring Harold Holzer on October 13, 2020

Conversations with Mary Elizabeth Bowser

October 1, 2020

Patricia Davis portrays Mary Elizabeth Bowser, a former slave who operated as a spy for the Union while working on the household staff at the Confederate White House.

Read more about Conversations with Mary Elizabeth Bowser on October 1, 2020

Four Score Speaker Series with Dr. Lauren Thompson

September 17, 2020

Dr. Lauren Thompson describes the fraternization that commonly took place among Union and Confederate soldiers during the bloodiest war in U.S. history in her new book “Friendly Enemies: Soldier Fraternization Throughout the American Civil War”

Read more about Four Score Speaker Series with Dr. Lauren Thompson on September 17, 2020

Author Talk with Dr. Elizabeth Varon

August 19, 2020

In Armies of Deliverance, Elizabeth R. Varon argues that Northerners imagined the war as a crusade to deliver the Southern masses from slaveholder domination and to bring democracy, prosperity, and education to the region.

Read more about Author Talk with Dr. Elizabeth Varon on August 19, 2020

Author Talk with Megan Kate Nelson

July 23, 2020

"The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West".

Read more about Author Talk with Megan Kate Nelson on July 23, 2020

Author Talk with Richard Striner

June 23, 2020

Historian Richard Striner discusses his new book, "Summoned to Glory: The Audacious Life of Abraham Lincoln".

Read more about Author Talk with Richard Striner on June 23, 2020

Conversations with Harriet Tubman

June 18, 2020

Kathryn Harris presents a first-person historical program as Harriet Tubman- the abolitionist, humanitarian, and civil rights activist who guided slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad before the Civil War.

Read more about Conversations with Harriet Tubman on June 18, 2020

Author Talk with Ted Widmer

June 18, 2020

Edward(Ted) Widmer describes his new book “Lincoln on the Verge”.

Read more about Author Talk with Ted Widmer on June 18, 2020


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