{"id":64818,"date":"2015-04-27T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=64818"},"modified":"2015-05-02T20:40:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T01:40:15","slug":"lincoln-civil-war-exhibition-barnes-co-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=64818","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln Civil War exhibit runs through May 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Exhibition Website\" href=\"http:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/experience\/exhibitions\/traveling-exhibitions\/lincoln-the-constitution-and-the-civil-war-traveling-exhibit\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0a national traveling exhibition, is now at the\u00a0<b>Barnes County Historical Society through May 1. \u00a0 <\/b>Interview with Wes Anderson as aired on <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a title=\"The Replay Channel\" href=\"http:\/\/csicalendars.com\/cgi-bin\/go?CalendarName=ReplayChannel\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;City Matters Special Edition&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">CSi TV 10<\/span> <\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tubepress-express-VPF5kFlrD8K-339558\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(f,e){var d=\"script\",a=\"__tubePressExpress\",c=a+\"Registry\",h=true,g,b;if(!f[a]){f[a]=h;g=e.createElement(d);g.type=\"text\/java\"+d;g.async=h;g.src=\"https:\/\/express.tubepress.com\/js\/embed.js\";b=e.getElementsByTagName(d)[0];b.parentNode.appendChild(g)}f[c]=f[c]||[];f[c].push([\"register\",\"VPF5kFlrD8K-339558\"])}(window,document));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a title=\"CSi TV\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csicable.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video: CSi TV 10 The Replay Channel<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>It\u00a0examines how President Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War\u2014the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln is widely acknowledged as one of America\u2019s greatest presidents, but his historical reputation is contested. Was he a calculating politician willing to accommodate slavery, or a principled leader justly celebrated as the Great Emancipator?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Lincoln2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64899\" alt=\"Lincoln2\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Lincoln2-300x202.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Lincoln2-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Lincoln2-259x175.jpg 259w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Lincoln2.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This exhibition provides no easy answers. Rather, it encourages visitors to form a nuanced view of Lincoln by engaging them with Lincoln\u2019s struggle to reconcile his policy preferences with basic American ideals of liberty and equality. This exhibition develops a more complete understanding of Abraham Lincoln as president and the Civil War as the nation\u2019s gravest constitutional crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States in 1860, at a time when the nation was on the brink of war. Lincoln struggled to resolve the basic questions that divided Americans at the most perilous moment in the nation\u2019s history: Was the United States truly one nation, or was it a confederacy of sovereign and separate states? How could a country founded on the belief that \u201call men are created equal\u201d tolerate slavery? In a national crisis, would civil liberties be secure? President Lincoln used the Constitution to confront these three crises of war, ultimately reinventing the Constitution and the promise of American life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to have been selected as a site for this exhibition,\u201d said Museum Curator Wes Anderson.<b> \u00a0<\/b>\u201cAs a new president, Abraham Lincoln was faced with enormous challenges. This exhibition shows how Lincoln struggled with issues of secession, slavery and civil liberties\u2014all questions our country\u2019s founding charter left unanswered. Each section of the exhibit features information about a different aspect of Lincoln\u2019s presidency. For example, the section about slavery examines the various policy options Lincoln once embraced and how his thoughts about slavery evolved over time. Most importantly, the exhibit helps visitors understand why Lincoln\u2019s struggle with the Constitution still matters today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lincolnbust.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12587\" alt=\"Lincolnbust\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lincolnbust.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lincolnbust.jpg 222w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lincolnbust-129x175.jpg 129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a>The National Constitution Center and the American Library Association Public Programs Office organized the traveling exhibition, which was made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): great ideas brought to life. The traveling exhibition is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by the National Constitution Center.<\/p>\n<p>The traveling exhibition is composed of informative panels featuring photographic reproductions of original documents, including a draft of Lincoln\u2019s first inaugural speech, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The museum is sponsoring free programs and other events for the public in connection with the exhibition.<\/strong> Contact <b>701-845-0966, <\/b>\u00a0via email: \u00a0wes_anderson75@hotmail.com,\u00a0<b> <\/b>or check us out on <a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Barnes-County-Historical-Society\/161192582499?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<b> <\/b><\/a>for more information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War\u201d will be on display at the museum until May 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2015<b>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0a national traveling exhibition, is now at the\u00a0Barnes County Historical Society through May 1. \u00a0 Interview with Wes Anderson as aired on &#8220;City Matters Special Edition&#8221;\u00a0&#8211; CSi TV 10 . &nbsp; Video: CSi TV 10 The Replay Channel It\u00a0examines how President Lincoln used the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":64900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csicelebrations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64818"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71547,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64818\/revisions\/71547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}