Please join us for the next Potomac Corral talk on the Lincoln Assassination in the West.
A riot. Buildings draped in mourning. Dancing in the streets. Wondering about the future. These few words summarize the many reactions that people in the American West had to news that President Abraham Lincoln had been assassinated in Washington on April 15, 1865. For the past two years, Ford’s Theatre has been gathering responses to the Lincoln assassination from around the country and world into a new digital collection called Remembering Lincoln. David McKenzie, who managed the project, will share highlights from that collection showing how people in the American West reacted to the assassination of the president.
Date: June 20, 2015
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Arlington Central Library, 1015 N Quincy St, Arlington VA 22201
Please join us after the talk for a dinner at Uncle Julio’s, a short walk or drive from the Arlington Central Library.
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Speaker bio:
David McKenzie is Digital Projects Manager in the Education Department at Ford’s Theatre. He is also a part-time History Ph.D. student at George Mason University, studying 19th-century U.S. and Latin American history, as well as digital history. Before coming to Ford’s in October 2013, he worked at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, The Design Minds, Inc. and the Alamo. He holds a B.A. in History and Political Science, with a concentration in Latin American Studies, from the University of Pittsburgh, and a M.A. in Museum Studies from The George Washington University.
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