Lincoln Symposium features Lowry The Courier The Abraham Lincoln Birthday Symposium will be held remotely this year due to the ongoing pandemic. Abraham Lincoln Association President Michael Burlingame said the annual symposium will be commemorating Lincoln's 212th Birthday and will feature a full slate of speakers and will be available on-line at https://abrahamlincolnassociation.org/2021-symposium-events/. The February 12 and 13 events feature main speaker Richard S. Lowry, the editor of “National Review” and session speakers who will address several aspects of Lincoln's life and Legacy. The Symposium may be accessed on-line free of charge. The Abraham Lincoln Association's annual Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium begins at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12 with the virtual opening of the University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies. The first session will feature a presentation by onetime New York magazine editor Elizabeth Mitchell, “Lincoln and the Press: The Mystery Behind His 'Bogus Proclamation.'” Mitchell’s newest book, “Lincoln’s Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House”, was published in October 2020.