Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Events in Vermont
MUSIC - LINDA RADTKE, "VERMONT CIVIL WAR SONGBOOK"
- Feb. 25, 2009, State House, Montpelier, 7 pm
- May 5, Wallingford
- June 28, Tinmouth, 2pm
MUSIC - COUNTERPOINT, "LINCOLN AND LIBERTY"
- Apr. 25, 2009 Unitarian Universalist Church, Barre, 7:30pm
- Apr. 26, 2009 McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, 4pm
MUSIC - "SOUNDING JOY"
- Feb. 8, 2009 Bethany Church, Randolph, 7pm
MUSIC - "A LINCOLN PORTRAIT"
- Feb. 2009 (TBD) Middlebury College Orchestra, Middlebury Arts Center
- Feb. 2010 (TBD), Vermont Symphony Orchestra
HUMANITIES COUNCIL FILM SCREENING
- "Young Mr. Lincoln," with introductory remarks by Gary Moore, Academic Dean, VT College of Fine Arts, Thursday, February 12, 2009, 2pm, Savoy Theater, Montpelier
HUMANITIES COUNCIL FIRST WEDNESDAYS SERIES
- Feb. 4, 2009 Brooks Memorial Library, 7pm, Manisha Sinha, author of The Counter-Revolution Of Slavery
- Feb. 4, 2009 Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, author of Mr. and Mrs. Prince, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7pm
- Mar. 4, 2009 Rutland Free Library, Rutland, 7pm, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
- Apr. 1, 2009 Goodrich Memorial Library, 7pm, Newport, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
HILDENE
- Jan. 31, 2009 Lincoln Birthday Luncheon, Award Presentation for Lincoln Essay Contest, Keynote Speaker Ronald White, author of Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural, Equinox, Manchester
- Jan. 22, 2009: Seth Bongartz, "Lincoln the Politician"
- Feb. 9: book club discussion of Merrill Peterson, "Lincoln and American Memory"
- Feb. 26, 2009: Craig Symonds, "Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief"
- Mar. 26, 2009: Brian Dirck, "Lincoln the Lawyer"
- Apr. 23, 2009: Michael Burlingame, "Lincoln's Character"
- Feb. 7, 2009 Children's Event
HUMANITIES COUNCIL READING & DISCUSSION OFFERINGS
- "Lincoln: The Bicentennial of his Birth" (3 sessions)
- "Our Civil War Legacy" (5 sessions)
- "Influential First Ladies" (5 sessions)
- "Seminal Statements of American Values" (5 sessions)
OTHER EVENTS
- Feb. 12, 2009, statewide bell-ringing at 2:12pm
- Feb. 12, 2009 State House, Montpelier, Friends of the State House Lincoln celebration
- Workshops with Vermont teachers, dates and locations TBD