Monday, January 24, 2011

Burlingame to deliver Lincoln Lecture Feb. 11 at LLCC

The third annual Lincoln Lecture at Lincoln Land Community College is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 11.

Michael Burlingame, a recipient of the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, will discuss “Lincoln’s Emotional Life”. The program begins at 9 a.m. in the Trutter Center on the main LLCC campus, 5250 Shepard Road.

Burlingame is author of “Abraham Lincoln: A Life” and “The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln” and has edited several volumes of Lincoln history. The program is free. Refreshments will be served.

The presentation is among a variety of Lincoln-related programs planned at the college in February.

Burlingame's appearance was featured in a January 23, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.

Download a PDF of the article