Lincoln: |
 Abraham Lincoln, America's 16th President |
Supreme Court State Library October 25 to December 3, 2009
The Nebraska Supreme Court State Library is pleased to announce the display of a new exhibition, "Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War"
The State Library in the Capitol is one of only 25 libraries in the United States selected to host the traveling exhibition, which was organized by the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, and the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, Chicago.
Based on an original interactive exhibit in Philadelphia, this traveling version explores 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? President Lincoln used the Constitution to confront the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties. Lincoln’s decisions about these three intertwined crises of war reinvented the Constitution and the promise of American life. This exhibition develops a more complete understanding of Abraham Lincoln as president and the Civil War as the nation’s gravest constitutional crisis.
The exhibit is open during regular library hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday (except state holidays).
Nebraska State Library, State Capitol Building, Room 325, on the third floor, south side.
Public Events
- Lincoln: the Constitution and the Civil War Exhibit Opening
October 25, 2:00 p.m., State Capitol RotundaMusical excerpts from “Civil War Voices”
Written by Lincoln attorney, James R. Harris based on correspondence from real people who lived through the Civil War conflict. One of those is his great-great-uncle Joe, whom he portrays in this production.Book Talk on “Marching With the First Nebraska: A Civil War Diary”
Co-Editor: James Potter, Nebraska State Historical Society. Based on August Scherneckau’s diary which is the most important firsthand account of the Civil War by a Nebraska soldier that has yet come to light. - Reconciliation Quilt Display and Discussion
November 1, 2009, at 2:00 p.m., Nebraska State Library
- Gettysburg Address Ceremony and Celebration
November 21, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., State Capitol Rotunda
Co-sponsored by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil WarCeremony will include a color guard and patriotic music. Immediately preceding keynote speaker Kenneth J. Winkle, Thomas C. Sorensen Professor of American History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Gettysburg Address will be recited. Following the presentations, guests will tour the exhibit.
Maureen Ose: International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Reading the Quilt: Stories Told in Textiles from the Era of the Civil War -- Display and Discussion of “The Reconciliation Quilt.” For more information click on: Quilt Postcard
Lincoln: the Constitution and the Civil War, a traveling exhibition for libraries, was organized by the National Constitution Center and the American Library Association Public Programs Office. The traveling exhibition is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by the National Constitution Center and currently touring the United States. Lincoln: the Constitution and the Civil War has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Contact Information
The Nebraska State Library
State Capitol Building
Room 325, on the third floor, south side
P.O. Box 98931
State Capitol Bldg.
15th & K Streets
Lincoln, NE 68509-8931
Phone (402) 471-3189
FAX (402) 471-1011
nsc.lawlibrary@nebraska.gov
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