SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL

presents

"The Better Angels: Lincoln's First Inaugural"

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presented at a joint meeting of the 
Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia
and the
Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

About the Event:
The Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia (CWRTDC) and the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia (LGDC) teamed up again to mark President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday with a special program on the evening of Tuesday, February 25, 2025, featuring a presentation by Lincoln biographer Sidney Blumenthal. The meeting was held in the new, Tishman Speyer, Class A building: the Conference Center at International Square, 1850 K Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C., nicknamed “The Square” that is below a fabulously renovated gourmet food court and bar area. About the Speaker: Sidney Blumenthal is the acclaimed author (by, among others, Jon Meacham, Harold Holzer, and James McPherson) of the first three volumes of a projected five-volume biography of Lincoln. Mr. Blumenthal's first volumes, listed below, have been resounding critical and popular successes. -- A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I, 1809–1849 -- Wrestling With His Angel: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II, 1849-1856 -- All the Powers of Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. III, 1856-1860 Mr. Blumenthal is the former assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and senior adviser to Hillary Clinton. He has also been a national staff reporter for The Washington Post and Washington editor and writer for The New Yorker. His other books include the bestselling The Clinton Wars; The Rise of the Counter-Establishment; and The Permanent Campaign. Born and raised in Illinois, Mr. Blumenthal lives in Washington, DC.






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The CWRTDC thanks Directors Paul Mazzuca (for managing the Zoom meeting) and John Ciccone, Kurt DeSoto, and Michael Kurtzke (for video and audio post-production).

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