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 The exhibition is organized into seven main areas:
The Impending Crisis|, Meet
Mr. Lincoln,
Presidential Oath of Office, Crisis of Secession,
Crisis of
Slavery, Crisis of Civil Liberties,
and Lincoln’s Legacy: The Gettysburg Address
in His Time and Ours.
Some of the key features in the exhibition:
• Original documents and artifacts relating to Lincoln and the Constitution.
• Listen to Lincoln defend his record on civil liberties against critics who
branded him a “tyrant.”
• Help Lincoln solve the problem of slavery by choosing the right keys to unlock
slavery from the Constitution.
• At a recreated Civil War jail cell, play a computer game that lets you hold or
release prisoners being held as “subversives.”
• Hear the Gettysburg address as a message for our times, and tell us what you
think Lincoln’s words mean to us today.
• At a computer polling station, decide whether you would vote for Lincoln in
the 1864 presidential election.
Suggested Reading List
The Lincoln Lecture Series at MOHAI
Relevant
Links
National Constitution Center
The Lincoln Museum
National Archives
Listen to a podcast by Doris Kearns Goodwin at the London School of Economics
on:” Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln”
Lincoln Exhibit Advisory Panel
MOHAI is grateful for the assistance of community members serving on an advisory
panel for this exhibition and its ancillary programming.
Doug Honig, Communications Dir.
ACLU |
Dr. Lora-Ellen McKinney
McKinney Consultations
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James Bell, President
Black Heritage Society of Washington St. |
Leighton Wingate, President
Puget Sound Civil War Round Table |
Candace Lein-Hayes, Assistant Regional Administrator
Pacific Alaska Region
National Archive and Records Admin. |
Nancy Slote, Branch Manager
Seattle Public Library, Montlake
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Hubert Locke, Dean Emeritus
University of Washington |
Robert Tracy McKenzie, Professor of History
University of Washington |
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