THE “BICENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM” BEING HELD IN CELEBRATION OF MARY LINCOLN’S 200TH BIRTHDAY.

IN CELEBRATION OF MARY LINCOLN’S 200TH BIRTHDAY, THE MARY TODD LINCOLN HOUSE IN WILL HOST A DAY-LONG SYMPOSIUM ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018. THE SYMPOSIUM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HISTORY DEPARTMENT WILL BE HELD AT THE WILLIAM T. YOUNG LIBRARY FROM 9A.M.- 4:30P.M. SCHOLARS CATHERINE CLINTON, ANGELA ESCO ELDER, AND JENNIFER FLEISCHNER WILL PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY, CONCLUDING WITH A MODERATED PANEL. COME FOR ALL OR PART OF THE DAY. THE MARY TODD LINCOLN HOUSE EXPLORES THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AMERICA’S MOST FASCINATING FIRST LADY THROUGH TOURS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS. THE FIRST HISTORIC SITE RESTORED TO HONOR A FIRST LADY, MRS. LINCOLN BROUGHT HER HUSBAND ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THEIR CHILDREN TO VISIT HER CHILDHOOD HOME IN 1847.