Scotch Plains Public Library » Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln: A Man for His Time, A Man for All Times

pam — Thu, 20 May 2010 04:00:51 +0000

A national traveling exhibition organized by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The traveling exhibition has been made possible in part through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, dedicated to expanding American understanding of human experience and cultural heritage.

Lincoln, Race, and New Jersey

jenny — Wed, 19 May 2010 23:00:55 +0000

Clement Price, Ph.D, Vice-Chair of the New Jersey Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor ,and Director of the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, Rutgers University, will speak. This lecture will shed light on the presence of Abraham Lincoln in New Jersey history. Race relations in New Jersey, not unlike Lincoln’s views on race, were complicated and evolved over time, which enables students of history to imagine Lincoln and New Jersey as symbols of a larger American narrative.

Photo Credit: Arthur Paxton

Abraham Lincoln: A Man for His Time, A Man for All Times

jenny — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:00:08 +0000

Abraham Lincoln: A Man for His Time, A Man for All Times

jenny — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:00:08 +0000

Why Was Lincoln at the Theater the Night He Was Shot?

pam — Mon, 17 May 2010 23:00:08 +0000

Dr. Sandra Smith answers this question by revealing the importance of the theater, not just to Lincoln and his circle, but also to the development of our country during the 19th century.

Abraham Lincoln: A Man for His Time, A Man for All Times

jenny — Mon, 17 May 2010 04:00:07 +0000

Abraham Lincoln: A Man for His Time, A Man for All Times

jenny — Sun, 16 May 2010 04:00:19 +0000

Civil War Re-enactment

pam — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:00:30 +0000

Join re-enactors from the 43rd New York Volunteer Infantry to get a glimpse of how the Union troops lived, worked, and fought during the Civil War. One to Five o’clock.

Fort Delaware Civil War Prison — So close to home!

pam — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:00:13 +0000

Kay Keenan of the Fort Delaware Society speaks about the fort. Covering approximately 6 acres on an island located between New Jersey and Delaware, Fort Delaware served as a prison for Confederate prisoners of war most of whom were captured at Gettysburg. 2,436 Confederate prisoners died at Fort Delaware and their bodies were transported by boat to the New Jersey side of the Delaware River and buried in trenches.

Abraham Lincoln: A Man for His Time, A Man for All Times

jenny — Sat, 15 May 2010 04:00:22 +0000