Weekend. The Lincoln Group of the district of columbia hosted this event. Our speaker tonight is wendy allen. Most people in the room know who wendy allen is. For those who dont, shes an artist. Wendy allen first painted did her First Painting of Abraham Lincoln in 1983. Since then shes focussed on him as her subject and has made many, many paintings in many different styles. Shes listen very active, been interviewed by cnn and had her paintings in the Historical Society along with some other people you might have heard of. Salvador dolly, norman rockwell. Certainly in very good company and so were they. In addition to all this, she lives in gettysburg and has a gallery up there, lincoln into art. Shes also very active with the fellowship of pennsylvania. Shes on the board and a Vice President to the fellowship of pennsylvania. Shes also very active in the Lincoln Forum and a lot of us went there this past year. We had a record turn out. Were going to try to beat that record this year
Shops actually open. Two people have been killed in a shooting outside a synagogue in eastern germany. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougall. Hi, simon. Scotland have kept their hopes of progressing in the Rugby World Cup alive with a nine try win over russia, they will hope to join wales who have officially qualified for the quarterfinals with a win over fiji. And nick miller has all the weather. Gusty winds and showers, we see it all behind you, and that is the picture across much of the uk at the moment. Are there any changes coming 7 how moment. Are there any changes coming up . How is that weekend shaping up . Answers for those questions later on. Some of us have just got to get through the next few hours, nick also coming up, the extraordinary operation to fix this teenagers jaw after it was split in two in a riding accident. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. Were live in penzance in cornwall, where were continuing looking taking a lo
Produced, directed and or written many programs for pbs. Spanning a rich variety of subjects, mount rushmore, the irish in america, Transcontinental Railroad, robert e. Lee and jesse james. He has received the dupont columbia award, the writersa™ guild award and many others. In 2007, he was a writer for the four hour pbs history of the United States Supreme Court which was awarded the International Documentary associations award for Outstanding Limited series. In 2007, he was a writer for the four hour pbs history of the United States Supreme Court which was awarded the International Documentary associations award for Outstanding Limited series. In 2008 he was nominated for a prime time emmy in the category of Outstanding Achievement in outstanding filmmaking and achievement in writing for his pbs program on walt whitman. Hes also the author of awill you miss me when im gone the Carter Family and their legacy in american music,a which came out in 2002. It was one of New York Times no
Raffles going on. At your table youve been given a note card that we would like you to write down a question for our panel this afternoon. If you have a question for them. And what i will do, i will take out the most objectionable ones. And then well proceed from there. But so if you find that and if youve got a question, then write it down and well ask our wonderful speakers today. Weve also, at the break were going to bring in my staff and were going to have a chance to acknowledge them. And then our Panel Discussion is after lunch at 1 00. So that will be the end of our day. I really like our speakers presentation title today, mission impossible, rethinking george b. Mcclel an. After this conference i think its more impossibler to do that. But dr. George rable, professor at the university of alabama where he held the care of southern history. He is the author of of a book that won the 2003 lincoln prize and was the choice outstanding academic title. His most recent book is damn yank
Weve also got some other raffles going on, and at your table you have been given a notecard that we would like you to write down a question for our panel this afternoon. If you have a question for them, and what i will do, i will take up the most objectionable ones [laughs] well proceed from there. But, so if youve got a question, write it down, and we will ask our wonderful speakers today. Weve also at the break we are going to bring in my staff and were going to have a chance acknowledge them. Our Panel Discussion is after lunch at 1 00. So, thatll be the end of our day. I really like our speakers presentation title today. Mission impossible rethinking george b. Mcclellan. After what weve heard so far in this conference, i think it is even more impossibler. Dr. George rable is the Professor Emeritus at the university of alabama, roll tide. He held the Charles Sumner so chair of history. He is the author of fredericksburg, fredericksburg, which won a lincoln prize. His most recent boo