Leadership in a Time of Crisis:
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Symposium
Saturday, March 21, 2009
9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Abromson Community Education Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland
Registration and continental breakfast — 8:15 am
Welcome (Erik Jorgensen and Richard D’Abate) — 8:45 am
Reading of Gettysburg Address — Portland Mayor Jill Duson — 8:55 am
Plenary #1: Bruce Chadwick — The Rise of Abraham Lincoln — 9:00 am
Break — 10:00 am
Plenary #2: Patrick Rael — Lincoln’s High-Wire Act — 10:30 am
Plenary #3: Elizabeth Leonard — The Aftermath of the Lincoln Assassination — 11:30 am
Lunch — 12:30 pm
Breakout Sessions — 1:30 pm
Plenary #4: Thomas Brown — The Afterlife of Abraham Lincoln — 2:30 pm
Reading of the Second Inaugural Address — Governor Angus King — 3:25 pm
Welcome (Erik Jorgensen and Richard D’Abate) — 8:45 am
Reading of Gettysburg Address — Portland Mayor Jill Duson — 8:55 am
Plenary #1: Bruce Chadwick — The Rise of Abraham Lincoln — 9:00 am
Break — 10:00 am
Plenary #2: Patrick Rael — Lincoln’s High-Wire Act — 10:30 am
Plenary #3: Elizabeth Leonard — The Aftermath of the Lincoln Assassination — 11:30 am
Lunch — 12:30 pm
Breakout Sessions — 1:30 pm
Plenary #4: Thomas Brown — The Afterlife of Abraham Lincoln — 2:30 pm
Reading of the Second Inaugural Address — Governor Angus King — 3:25 pm
Presented by the Maine Humanities Council, Maine Historical Society and the
American and New England Studies Program at USM
