{"id":6497,"date":"2009-08-10T21:15:36","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T02:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=6497"},"modified":"2009-08-11T07:48:50","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T12:48:50","slug":"legacies-of-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2009\/08\/legacies-of-lincoln\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacies of Lincoln"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"legacies-of-lincoln\"This year marks both the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln\u2019s birth and the sesquicentennial of his visit to Milwaukee to speak at the Wisconsin State Fair. (Lincoln\u2019s Milwaukee speech, delivered September 30, 1859, is available here<\/a>.) To commemorate these events, Marquette University Law School, together with the Department of History, will host a conference entitled \u201cLegacies of Lincoln.\u201d This conference, occurring on October 1 & 2, promises to be a very fine event.<\/p>\n

First, on Thursday, October 1, at the Alumni Memorial Union, the History Department\u2019s annual Klement Lecture will be delivered by Allen C. Guelzo, Professor of Civil War Era Studies and Professor of History at Gettysburg College. Professor Guelzo\u2019s Klement Lecture will address \u201cColonel Utley\u2019s Emancipation: The Strange Case of President Lincoln and His Bid to Become a Slaveowner.\u201d The lecture will start at 7 p.m., preceded by a reception beginning at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Second, on Friday, October 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Law School, the conference will feature three panels variously addressing aspects of Lincoln\u2019s career and legacy:<\/p>\n