Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposiums
“The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship”
Twenty-Eight Annual Symposium
Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. (ALI), provides free, ongoing education on the life, career, and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ALI offers resources for educators, governmental and community leaders, and the general public through symposia, seminars, lectures, and special events.
Ford’s Theatre
Washington, D.C.
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. and the Ford’s Theatre Society
Saturday, March 22, 2025
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET
Symposium Speakers
Hilary Green
Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War (Fordham University Press, 2025)
Introduced by: Steve Inskeep
Jon Grinspan
Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024)
Introduced by: David Kent
Manisha Sinha
The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic, 1860-1920 (W.W. Norton, 2024)
Introduced by: Ron Soodalter
Harold Holzer
Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration (Penguin, 2024)
Introduced by: Sidney Blumenthal
Michael Vorenberg
Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the Civil War (Knopf, 2025)
Introduced by: Michael Burlingame
Book Prize Winner:
Allen Guelzo
Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment (Knopf, 2024)
Introduced by: John Barr
