On Saturday, June 17th, the Abraham Lincoln Association convened a symposium at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, Illinois. The symposium delved deep into the escalating use and accessibility of primary, authentic resources in the scholarly exploration of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era.

Now, we proudly present videos of each illuminating presentation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQDomHB1y8UJeffery Anderson, assistant curator of the First Division Museum at Cantigny Parkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxRiQ2QmBpUMichael Burlingame discusses his book Abraham Lincoln: A Lifehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Ena_pHAF8Dan Weinberg, an expert on Lincoln documents and owner of the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop in Chicagohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwI-yQj1cFMMichelle Krowl, a specialist in the Civil War and Reconstruction manuscript division at the Library of Congresshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHegVLtkP3kDiana Dretske, author of The Bonds of Warhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIS4TXtD7MkGuy Fraker, author of Lincoln’s Ladder to the Presidency: The Eighth Judicial Circuithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqog4By8di8William Griffing, creator of Spared & Shared: Saving History One Letter at a Timehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrCxxOULdPkRobert I. Girardi, author/editor of nine books on the Civil War, including The Civil War Generals