Through February 17, the Law Library is hosting “a new traveling exhibition that vividly evokes Lincoln’s struggle to resolve the basic questions that divided Americans at the most perilous moment in the nation’s history:
- Was the United States truly one nation, or was it
a confederacy of sovereign and separate states? - How could a country founded on the belief that
‘all men are created equal’ tolerate slavery? - In a national crisis, would civil liberties be secure?“
In addition to the exhibition, there is an opportunity to attend a series of dramatic reenactments pertaining to Lincoln and the war:
Up Close and Personal with Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
February 8, 3:30 – 5 PM
Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University
“Hear Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address through the talents of reenact or Mel Maurer. Mr. Maurer will then join fellow past-presidents of the Cleveland Civil War Roundtable William Vodrey and John Fazio as they perform Lincoln’s Last Debate: Confrontation at Hampton Roads, a one-act play in which Lincoln and Confederate President Jefferson Davis are interviewed by a Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter in 1865.”
I will offer 2 points of extra credit (to be applied toward the 500 total points in HIS 112) to anyone who attends the Feb. 8 event and then posts a 100+ word reflection as a comment to this blog post. For more information about the exhibition and event, click here.
