Meeting Dates
The organization meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month September through May. Meetings are held in the Williamsburg Regional Library Theatre located at 515 Scotland St in Williamsburg, VA, unless otherwise posted. The meetings begin at 7 PM. Membership is open to the general public.
This Month's Speaker
On Tuesday February 26, 2019, Dr, Jonathon White will present
"Abraham Lincoln - Early Life". This talk will explore Abraham
Lincoln's early life, from his birth in a log cabin in Kentucky through
his young adulthood. It will examine various aspects of his experiences
as a child and young adult, including his education, work, travel,
family, and romance. By exploring who Lincoln was as a young man, we
can better understand how he became a president who led the Union
through the Civil War.
Jonathan W. White is associate professor of American Studies at
Christopher Newport University, where he has taught since 2009. He is
the author or editor of eight books, including Abraham Lincoln and
Treason in the Civil War: The Trials of John Merryman (2011), and
Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln
(2014), which was a finalist for both the Lincoln Prize and Jefferson
Davis Prize, a “best book” in Civil War Monitor, and the winner of the
Abraham Lincoln Institute’s 2015 book prize. He has published more than
one hundred articles, essays and reviews, and is the winner of the 2005
John T. Hubbell Prize for the best article in Civil War History, the
2010 Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize, and the 2012 Thomas Jefferson Prize
for his Guide to Research in Federal Judicial History (2010). Check out
his website at
www.jonathanwhite.org/ or follow him on Twitter at @CivilWarJon
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