Commemorating Lincoln's Assassination
Portrait of Mary Lincoln by Katherine Helm courtesy of WhiteHouse.gov.
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, which occurred on April 14, 1865, Dickinson will host a lecture that explores how this epic tragedy transformed his widow, Mary. The lecture, “Mary Lincoln’s Assassination,” will be held on Monday, April 13, at 7 p.m. in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter (ATS) Auditorium and will be available online via live stream.
Once a widow, Mary Lincoln was emotionally and psychologically distraught for the rest of her life, even experiencing a brief, involuntary incarceration in an asylum. Catherine Clinton, the Denman Chair of American History at The University of Texas at San Antonio and international research professor at Queen’s University Belfast, will discuss Mary Lincoln’s life after her husband’s death. Clinton has written extensively on Civil War-era historical issues, including the award-winning book Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom and Mrs. Lincoln: A Life. Clinton currently serves on the advisory committee to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and previously served on the executive council of the Society of American Historians.
The event is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, the House Divided project and Dickinson’s digital humanities advisory committee. For more information, visit www.clarkeforum.org or call 717-245-1875.
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Published April 10, 2015