Civil War Institute

News and Events

2008 Fortenbaugh Speaker Announced

Catherine Clinton will deliver the Annual Fortenbaugh Lecture for 2008.  To learn more about her life and accomplishements click here.
To learn more about the Fortenbaugh Lecture click here.

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New Museum and Visitor Center Opens

The new Museum and Visitor Center at the Gettysburg National Military Park is open to visitors at 8 a.m. on Monday, April 14, 2008. For more information click here.

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Civil War Institute Scholarship Deadline Approaches

The deadline for students and teachers to submit a scholarship application for the CWI 2008 is March 31.  Click here for an application and rules.

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 Poem by W. Henry Eccleston:

"Embattled Fields at Gettysburg"

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2008 Lincoln Prize Awarded on April 1

The 2008 Lincoln Prize was awarded at the Yale Club in New York City on April 1.  It is shared by two outstanding authors.  James Oakes, a professor at City University of New York, for his book The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Anticslavery Politics (W. W. Norton) and Elizabeth Brown Pryor, diplomat and historian, for her book Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Thorugh His Private Letters (Viking). 
To read the entire press release . . . click here.
To learn more about the Lincoln Prize . . . click here. 

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200th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Birth

Katherine Haley Will, President of Gettsyburg College and vice-chair of the Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, describes the events to honor this great President as "a teaching moment".  To read more click here.

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Dedication Day 2008

The Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, The National Park Service and Gettysburg College are delighted to announce that the Dedication Day Speaker for November 19, 2008 will be Ken Burns.  To read more about Ken Burns and his accomplishments, click here.

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The Gettysburg Gospel:  The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows is now available in audio format.  Contact your favorite book store for information.

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The Civil War Institute 2008  
An Unprecedented Gathering of Lincoln Scholars

The 2008 Civil War Institute will be held the week of June 22-28.  Our theme this year is"Abraham Lincoln." 
Speakers include Lincoln scholars such as: Jean Baker, Ed Bearss, Michael Beschloss, Gabor Boritt, Michael Burlingame, Ken Burns, Burrus Carnahan, Richard Carwardine, Thomas Craughwell, Brian Dirk, Julie Fenster, Allen Guelzo, William Harris, Harold Holzer, Allen Jayne, Lewis Lehrman, James McPherson, James Percoco, Matthew Pinsker, Gerald Prokopowicz, James Oakes, Barry Schwartz, Craig Symonds, John Wayne, Frank Williams and Doug Wilson.  Click for a registration form. 

Civil War Institute Schedule of Events

A tentative schedule of events for the Summer Civil War Institute is now available for viewing. For a .pdf version of this schedule, click here.

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