February 15 Symposium at President Abraham Lincoln Hotel to feature Lincoln and lynching, Stephen Douglas’s greatest speech, new Lincoln and Civil War sources, and America’s first civil rights ...
Bannon suggested Ken Burns’ classic documentary on the Civil War, thinking it would be instructive to see how an earlier president, Abraham Lincoln, struggled to find capable generals.
This episode originally aired on May 2, 2024. What lessons can the five months leading up to the Civil War teach us about the political landscape of today? A new book delves into that short span of ...