From: "Steve Scheid" <scscheid@rifken.com> Subject: Black Hawk War Symposium - Saturday, April 14, 2012 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 15:11:04 -0500 Message-ID: <000101cd110c$bc38a100$34a9e300$@com>
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The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin will be hosting a symposium
commemorating the 180th anniversary of the Black Hawk War of 1832. The
Black Hawk War was a brief conflict fought between the United States and
Native Americans headed by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon
after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis, and Kickapoos known as the
"British Band" crossed the Mississippi River into the state of Illinois in
April 1832. This conflict was not only a pivotal event in Wisconsin history
but played an important role in the life of Abraham Lincoln who, as a young
man, joined an Illinois militia company formed to fight the uprising.
This event is free and open to the public at the following time and place:
Event: Black Hawk War Symposium
Date: Saturday, April 14, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Place: Kenosha Civil War Museum
5400 First Avenue
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Tel: (262) 653-4140
Email: www.kenosha.org
The event will feature lectures by two well-known authors on the subject:
"Striving for Reputation: Black Hawk and How He Almost Brought About the
Extermination of the Sauk Nation"
Speaker: Dr. Kerry Trask (author of the book: Black Hawk: The Battle for the
Heart of America)
"Uncommon Defense: Indian Allies in the Black Hawk War"
Speaker: Dr. John W. Hall (author of the book: Uncommon Defense: Indian
Allies in the Black Hawk War)
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The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin:
The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin is an organization dedicated to
preserving the memory of Abraham Lincoln. The Fellowship was founded in
1940 to unite admirers of Abraham Lincoln in a common bond to promote
research in Lincoln's life and times and to preserve Lincoln landmarks in
Wisconsin.
Each year, the Fellowship holds a program during which a speaker will
address the membership regarding one of the many aspects of Lincoln's life
and career. This address is later published by the Fellowship as a
Historical Bulletin, which is distributed free to its members. To date,
over sixty Historical Bulletins have been published by the Fellowship
authored by a variety of Lincoln scholars such as Benjamin Thomas, Louis
Warren, T. Harry Williams, and Harold Holzer.
For more information, visit our website at:
www.LincolnFellowshipofWisconsin.com