The 27th Annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium
Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Callie Hawkins
“Reflections on Grief and Child Loss,” exhibit at President Lincoln’s Cottage, Washington, D.C.
Steve Inskeep
Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
Gordon Leidner
Abraham Lincoln and the Bible: A Complete Compendium
George Rable
Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War
Michael Zuckert
A Nation So Conceived: Abraham Lincoln and the Paradox of Democratic Sovereignty
Cost: Free
The 27th Annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium Book Award
- Edward Achorn for The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History
- Fred Lee Hord and Matthew D. Norman for Knowing Him By Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
The Abraham Lincoln Institute and Ford’s Theatre Society are proud to announce Jon Meacham as the recipient of the 26th Annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award. This prestigious award was presented to Meacham by Michael Burlingame at our annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium this Saturday, March 25, in partnership with the Abraham Lincoln Institute.
This is the first time this Book Award has been presented in-person since 2019. Meacham was recognized for his captivating book, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. said of the book: “In his captivating new book, Jon Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”