>  On behalf of the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, I am
>  submitting
>  the following proposed announcement for February 27th.   Attached
>  is a
>  longer description of the "Lincoln Presidency 150 - Open
>  Discussions"  series.
>  I will send another notice for the May 22nd event later.   Please
>  let me
>  know if I should use another address to reach GMU faculty and
>  students who
>  may be interested in Abraham Lincoln.
>
>  John T. Elliff
>  Secretary, Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia
>  8977 Fort Hunt Road
>  Alexandria, VA 22308
>  (703) 360-1265
>
>  Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's 1860 Cooper
>  Union
>  Address
>     Was it the speech that made Lincoln  president?  Members of
>  the Lincoln
>  Group of the District of  Columbia will sponsor and lead a free,
>  public
>  discussion at the  Lincoln Parlor of the New York Avenue
>  Presbyterian Church,
>  to begin the "Lincoln  Presidency 150 - Open Discussions" series.
>  Search
>  the web and read  the address in advance.
>     Saturday, February 27.  10:00 a.m. to  Noon.  New York Avenue
>  Presbyterian Church, 1313 New York Ave. N.W.   Washington, DC.
>     Contact John Elliff, 703-360-1265  _www.lincolngroup.org_
>  (http://www.lincolngroup.org/) .
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Mack P. Holt
Professor of History
Director of Master's Program
George Mason University
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