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This year marks the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865.
The Henry Ford will reflect on this significant moment in American history with a lecture by Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin on April 13 in Anderson Theater, plus a special daylong program on April 15 in Henry Ford Museum. Take time to reflect and view the chair the president was sitting in on that fateful day in Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.
April 13, 2015
Lincoln’s Legacy: An Evening with Doris Kearns Goodwin
Monday, April 13, 2015 (7pm) in Anderson Theater
Remembering the greatest historical figure of the 19th century.
On April 13, as we mark the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, we will host Lincoln’s Legacy: An Evening with Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Kearns Goodwin is a Pulitzer Prize winner and former presidential adviser, as well as the author of six best-selling books, including Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, on which Steven Spielberg based his Academy Award-winning film, Lincoln. Learn more about Doris Kearns Goodwin
More than a commemoration of Lincoln’s death, her talk will show how the experiences faced by Lincoln, one of our most unlikely presidents, carry so much relevance to Americans in 2015.
Tickets: $50 for general balcony stadium seating admission (15% member discount available). Please be aware balcony is only accessible by stairs; no elevators.
Tickets: $75 for general admission (15% member discount available)
Tickets: $150 for VIP reserved seating; includes President's pre-reception with the speaker and a copy of her book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.
Limited reservations available.
Book signing to follow the lecture with author Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Seating is limited. Contact our Call Center at 313.982.6001 for information.
Lincoln Remembered**
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 (9:30am - 5pm) in Henry Ford Museum
Remembering Abraham Lincoln — a most unlikely president.
**Museum fee waived, courtesy of Target.
It has been 150 years since Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Yet the reverberations of that act still resonate through every layer of American society.
On April 15, during our Target Free Day, we will commemorate not just Lincoln’s death, but the life of the man who was one of our most unlikely presidents.
Lincoln was tall, gangly and unimposing. But the moment he began to speak, he revealed “keen intelligence, genuine kindness of heart and the promise of true friendship,” according to a reporter who met Lincoln during his pre-White House years.
To mark the anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination, guests will have an opportunity to see the chair he was sitting in the night of the attack in a special temporary display on the day of the event. Be sure to also visit With Liberty and Justice for All and see our copy of Lincoln’s crowning achievement — the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which legally abolished slavery throughout the United States.
The chair will be relocated to the front of the With Liberty & Justice for All exhibit for prominent viewing without a case.
Special Lincoln-related special programming..
Receive a free souvenir program, including a map designating Lincoln-related artifacts on exhibit (while supplies last).
See a video about Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation throughout the day.
Henry Ford and Abraham Lincoln
Henry Ford greatly admired Abraham Lincoln, and so he incorporated many examples of the 16th U.S. president into the institution Ford founded in 1929. Today, The Henry Ford is home to one of the most poignant symbols of Lincoln’s death, the chair he was sitting in when he was shot during what was supposed to be a rare break from the rigors of life in the White House.
The Henry Ford is also home to the less well-known Logan County Courthouse, which Ford purchased and brought from Illinois to Michigan in 1929. Now situated in the heart of Greenfield Village, it is the modest outpost of American jurisprudence where a young and intensely optimistic Lincoln was part of a pioneering circuit court. The corner cabinet in the courthouse was built by Lincoln and his father.
