Lecture - Lincoln and the Constitution
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Phone: 1-86-NARA-NARA
Fax: 1-301-837-0483
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No President ever faced a more severe Constitutional crisis-or tested the limits of the Constitution more daringly-than did Abraham Lincoln. During the Civil War, Lincoln re-interpreted the rule of law and expanded the power of the presidency. Some of his decisions aroused outrage at the time, and have remained controversial ever since. Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer moderates authors and historians, Mark E. Neely, Jr., Brian McGinty, and Frank J. Williams as they probe issues that still resonate in America: the limits of executive authority, the meaning of the law of war, and the legacy of America's 16th president. Book signings with all the speakers will follow the program.
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Phone: 1-86-NARA-NARA
Fax: 1-301-837-0483
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