On Saturday, February 28th, the Brown History Department, in conjunction with the Library and the Friends of the Brown University Library, will hold a one-day symposium entitled “Abraham Lincoln for the Twenty-First Century” in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A schedule of events for the day can be found on the History Department website. The Library’s bicentennial exhibition “Abraham Lincoln: The Man, The Myth, The Making of a President” will be also open for viewing. All events are open to the public.
The symposium will be followed in the evening, by a performance of the Aaron Copland “Lincoln Portrait” by the Rhode Island Philharmonic, narrated by Chief Justice Frank Williams (ret.), at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, located near the Rhode Island State House.