NATIONAL ARCHIVES HOSTS PROGRAM ON LINCOLN AND THE JEWS MAY 7


Jonathan Sarna and Steven Roberts to discuss important relationship

Washington, DC. . . On Thursday, May 7, at 7 p.m., the National Archives
welcomes Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna to discuss his new book, Lincoln and the
Jews: A History.  Joining Dr. Sarna will be journalist and author
Steven V. Roberts.  The event, part of the National Archives’
commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of President Lincoln’s death,
will take place in the William G. McGowan Theater of the National
Archives Museum and on YouTube.  Attendees should use the Special
Events entrance on Constitution at 9th Street NW.  A book signing will
follow the program. Presented in partnership with the Jewish Historical
Society of Greater Washington.

Lincoln and the Jews: A History tells the full story of Lincoln’s
extraordinary relationship with Jews for the first time. Lincoln’s
lifetime coincided with the emergence of Jews on the national scene in
the United States. He befriended Jews, promoted Jewish equality,
appointed numerous Jews to public office, and had Jewish advisors and
supporters. The book reveals how Lincoln's remarkable relationship with
American Jews impacted both his path to the presidency and his policy
decisions as president.

RELATED FEATURED DISPLAY:  A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE  DR. CHARLES
LEALE’S REPORT ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN

East Rotunda Gallery, through April 29, 2015

There was a doctor in the house the night President Lincoln was
assassinated; Dr. Charles A. Leale, a recently employed surgeon at the
U.S. Army General Hospital. Six weeks out of medical school, the
23-year-old doctor went to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, hoping to
catch a glimpse of President Lincoln. In the course of the evening, he
found himself attempting to remove a bullet from the President’s
skull. Leale was the first medical professional to arrive at the wounded
President’s side. His report of the events of that evening takes us
to the scene of a crime that irreversibly altered the future of the
United States. Leale’s eyewitness report takes us to the scene of a
crime that irreversibly altered the future of the United States.

 
I immediately ran to the Presidents box and as soon as the door was
opened was admitted and introduced to Mrs. Lincoln when she exclaimed
several times, “O Doctor, do what you can for him, do what you
can!”

 
This document, signed by Dr. Leale, is believed to be a copy of the
report he wrote immediately afterward.   National Archives, Records
of the Adjutant General’s Office.  The National Archives Museum’s
“Featured Documents” exhibit is made possible in part by the
National Archives Foundation.

RELATED ONLINE RESOURCES:

·         The National Archives holds the investigation and trial papers relating to the assassination. 
          Read the eyewitness account  by Robert King Stone, the Lincoln family physician, and the
          only one of the 14 doctors who treated Lincoln that night who presented testimony on the President’s condition.

·         See “The Night of Lincoln's Assassination,” Henry Rollins’ 10 Things You Don’t Know About interview with
          National Archives Chief of Reference Trevor Plante. 

·         See the DC Police blotter  listing Police blotter listing Lincoln’s assassination.

·         Discover John Russell Pope’s other Lincoln Memorial designs.

RELATED TEACHING WITH DOCUMENTS ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES:

Teaching with Documents uses National Archives primary sources to
explore Civil War themes including the following topics:

·         Fugitive from Labor Cases: Henry Garnett (1850) and Moses Honner (1860)

·         The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady

·         The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War

·         Letters, Telegrams, and Photographs Illustrating Factors that Affected the Civil War

·         Confederate Sympathizers in New Mexico During the Civil War

·         Georgia: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 - The Camera at War

·         Teachable Texts from the National Archives at NYC  The Union Blockade: Lincoln's Proclamations

RELATED EXHIBITION:

 The Public Vaults exhibition at the National Archives Museum
features a Lincoln telegram, an image of Lincoln and his general after
Antietam, a facsimile of all five pages of the Emancipation Proclamation,
and an interactive exhibit about the Lincoln assassination and the
Booth conspiracy.

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at 202-357-5300

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