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Sunday, March 01, 2009 -  Wednesday, April 15, 2009
3/1/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibition - The Crusor Family Historical Research Corporation (CFHRC)
Washington, DC
LETTERS FROM LINCOLN - WORLD PREMIERE
Spokane, WA
The American Paintings
National Gallery of Art - Washington, DC
DEADLINE - Looking for your Lincoln Hero Essay Contest
Lincoln Heritage Coalition
3/2/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Theatre - Clara Barton: The Courage Within
Clara Barton National Historic Site - Glen Echo, MD
Lincoln Living Series - Lincoln as Humorist
Ford's Theatre - Washington, DC
The Dole Insititute of Politics - Dr. Ron White
University of Kansas - Lawrence, KA
3/3/2009
Theatre - Clara Barton: The Courage Within
Clara Barton National Historic Site - Glen Echo, MD
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Civil War Fashion Show
Orlando, FL
3/4/2009
Theatre - Clara Barton: The Courage Within
Clara Barton National Historic Site - Glen Echo, MD
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
National Archives Lecture - Gary Ecelbarger
Washington DC
Library of Congress Symposium Commemorating Lincoln Bicentennial
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress - Washington, DC
3/5/2009
Theatre - Clara Barton: The Courage Within
Clara Barton National Historic Site - Glen Echo, MD
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
3/6/2009
Theatre - Clara Barton: The Courage Within
Clara Barton National Historic Site - Glen Echo, MD
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
3/7/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
“Partners in Freedom” Concert
The Rochester Oratorio Society
3/8/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
DEADLINE - Annual Lincoln Essay and Drawing Contest
Contest TBA
A Bicentennial Tribute to Abraham Lincoln
Washington National Cathedral
3/9/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Film - The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln, “The Making of the Man”
IPFW University - Ft. Wayne, IN
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
3/10/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Film - The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln, “The Making of the Man”
IPFW University - Ft. Wayne, IN
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
The Dole Insititute of Politics - Jennifer Weber
University of Kansas - Lawrence, KA
Abraham Lincoln Poetry Reading
Jefferson Building, Library of Congress - Washington, DC
3/11/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Film - The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln, “The Making of the Man”
IPFW University - Ft. Wayne, IN
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Library of Congress Rare Books and Special Collections Reading Room
Jefferson Building, Library of Congress - Washington, DC
3/12/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Film - The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln, “The Making of the Man”
IPFW University - Ft. Wayne, IN
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Lincoln and the South Conference
University of Richmond - Richmond, VA
Abraham Lincoln: a Man of His Times, a Man for All Times
Honolulu - HI
Lecture - Ladies of Lincoln’s Era
Mission San Juan Capistrano - San Juan Capistrano, CA
3/13/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Film - The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln, “The Making of the Man”
IPFW University - Ft. Wayne, IN
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Lincoln and the South Conference
University of Richmond - Richmond, VA
National Archives Experience
National Archives - Washington, DC
3/14/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Film - The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln, “The Making of the Man”
IPFW University - Ft. Wayne, IN
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Lincoln and the South Conference
University of Richmond - Richmond, VA
Abraham Lincoln: a Man of His Times, a Man for All Times
Honolulu - HI
National Archives Film - The Prisoner of Shark Island
National Archives - Washington DC
3/15/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Film - The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln, “The Making of the Man”
IPFW University - Ft. Wayne, IN
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Such Was the War - The Choral Arts Society
National Portrait Gallery - Washington, DC
3/16/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
3/17/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
In Lincoln’s Hand
New-York Historical Society
3/18/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
DECONSTRUCTING THE AMERICAN ASSASSIN
Portland State University - Portland, OR
Memory and the Meaning of Emancipation
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa - Honolulu, HI
David Blight Lecture - Memory and the Meaning of Emancipation
University of Hawaii-Manoa - Honolulu, HI
The Changing Image of Lincoln
Jefferson Building, Library of Congress - Washington, DC
3/19/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
ALBC Town Hall - Washington, DC
Washington DC Historical Society
3/20/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
3/21/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Abraham Lincoln: a Man of His Times, a Man for All Times
Honolulu - HI
African Americans, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
East-West Center - Honolulu, HI
The Twelfth Annual Lincoln Institute Symposium
Frederick, MD
3/22/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
3/23/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
A Lincoln Protrait: Four Scores and More
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
3/24/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
3/25/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
THINK Together - Miles of Change
Auto Club Speedway - Fontana, CA
The Gettysburg Address: 145 years Later
Library of Congress - Washington, DC
The Gettysburg Address: 145 years Later
Library of Congress - Washington, DC
3/26/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Book Discussion - Brian Dirck, “Lincoln the Lawyer”
Hildene Lincoln Family Home - Manchester, VT
Lincoln Ante-Bellum Symposium
Illinois University - Jacksonville, IL
3/27/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Ford's Theatre Reopening Performances
Ford's Theatre - Washington, DC
3/28/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Abraham Lincoln: a Man of His Times, a Man for All Times
Honolulu - HI
Women's History Month - Mary Todd Lincoln
Park Village Playhouse - Estes Park, CO
Theatre - Clara Barton: The Courage Within
Clara Barton National Historic Site - Glen Echo, MD
Reflections of Mary Todd Lincoln
Park Village Playhouse - Estes Park, CO
3/29/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
3/30/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
3/31/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
4/1/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibition - The Crusor Family Historical Research Corporation (CFHRC)
Washington, DC
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Washington DC Public Library
VT Humanities Council First Wednesday Series
Various
Ford's Theatre Reopening Performances
Ford's Theatre - Washington, DC
"Battle Cry for Freedom" - A discussion of the Civil War Era
DC Public Library - Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
4/2/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
Opening of Forever Free Exhibit at Vermillion
Vermillion Parish Library, Abbeville, Louisiana
4/3/2009
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Lincoln in Word and Song
Danville, IL
4/4/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
Abraham Lincoln: a Man of His Times, a Man for All Times
Honolulu - HI
An Evening with Lincoln
Beardstown, IL
Lincoln Memorial Marathon
Springfield, IL
4/5/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
4/6/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
Abraham Lincoln in Song - Chris Vallillo
Illinois College
4/7/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
4/8/2009
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
National Archives Lecture - Bryan S. Bush
National Archives - Washington DC
Two Miles a Penny Performance
Charleston, IL
"Lincoln and the Speeds" with Bryan S. Bush
National Archives - Washington, DC
4/9/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
4/10/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
4/11/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
4/12/2009
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
ALBC Signature Event - Lincoln Memorial Rededication Series Part II
Lincoln Memorial - Washington, DC
4/13/2009
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Lincoln Living Series - Lincoln’s Love of The Bard
Ford's Theatre - Washington, DC
Lincoln and Shakespeare: Politics and Art
Washington, DC
4/14/2009
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
After Dark in the Park Lecture: Volcano National Park
Bishop Museum - Honolulu, HI
Controversial Issues in Public History
Volcano National Park - Hawaii
4/15/2009
Exhibit - Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Newseum - Washington, DC
Exhibit - With Malice Toward None: An Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
W. R. Poage Legislative Library - Waco, TX
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Washington DC
Lincoln Death Anniversary Commemoration
Springfield, IL
Abraham Lincoln: His Faith, His Principles and His Challenges
Washington National Cathedral

WHAT LINCOLN'S LEGACY MEANS TO ME

Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.

My family’s experience in the civil rights movement, which Lincoln so inspired, has shaped my thinking and guided my work as a member of Congress.  Likewise, my belief that history – and in particular, Abraham Lincoln – holds relevance to our lives has played a significant part in my development as a person.  I believe Lincoln’s leadership as president, his wisdom, and his belief in the bedrock American principles of freedom and democracy are all guideposts we can continue to follow today in building a more perfect Union.

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Lincoln's Legacy
Lincoln's Legacy