Events . . .
December 1, 2008 — Raleigh's Own President: Andrew Johnson —12:00 p.m., State Capitol. Jefferson Davis and Andrew Johnson were born in 1808. A program in the House chamber of the State Capitol, featuring Dan Carter of the University of South Carolina, commemorated Johnson (a Raleigh native).
February 12, 2009 — The Lincoln Bicentennial: A Symposium. North Carolina Museum of History. A program to commemorate the 200th birthday of the sixteenth President and contrast leadership styles of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. Speakers slated are Dr. Paul Escott of Wake Forest University, Dr. Jospeh T. Glatthaar of UNC-Chapel Hill, Dr. Loren Schweninger of UNC-Greensboro, Dr. John David Smith of UNC-Charlotte, Dr. William Harris of N.C. State University, and Dr. Heather Williams of UNC-Chapel Hill. This program will be offered in cooperation with the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. Dr Jeffrey J. Crow, Deputy Secretary, Archives and History, is North Carolina’s state liaison to this commission.
February 6, 2010 — Museum of the Albemarle Civil War Living History Days Lectures . (Elizabeth City, NC) The Museum of the Albemarle will feature three lectures on Saturday, February 6th during the Museum’s Civil War Living History Day. Beginning at 10:00 a.m. Bruce Long: will present “The Destruction of the “Mosquito Fleet” The small force of lightly armed Confederate vessels that helped defend the North Carolina coast and inland waterways that were all but destroyed during the Union’s Burnside Expedition.
SYMPOSIUMS:
During the Sesquicentennial, there will be three symposiums centered around the commemoration's three main themes:
1. Memory
Host: North Carolina Museum of History
Raleigh, N.C. — May 20, 2011
Keynote Speaker: to be announced
2. Freedom
Host: Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem
May 2013
Keynote Speaker: to be announced
3. Sacrifice
Host: Possibly UNC-Wilmington
Wilmington, N.C. — May 2015
Keynote Speaker: to be announced
