Paula Hopewell, a native of Northern Kentucky, will deliver a lecture on Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 7, 2014, at 7:30 P.M., in the Brookfield Museum, located at 165 Whisconier Road (Junction of Routes 25 and 133) in Brookfield Center. The presentation is entitled Lincoln’s Legacy in Words: His Addresses, Stories and Letters. Her presentation will provide an overview of Lincoln’s writing, a powerful tool he used throughout his presidency. She will focus on notable books and authors that influenced Lincoln's writing, and highlight his most memorable oral deliveries from speeches such as that made at Cooper Union in New York City, the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address. Hopewell will share some of the jokes and stories he loved to tell, "medicine" that he often used while carrying the weight of the Civil War and the fate of the Nation on his shoulders.
Since visiting Lincoln’s birthplace in Hodgenville and his boyhood home in Knob Creek (both in her home state of Kentucky), Hopewell’s interest in Lincoln has developed into a passion. Last summer, she visited Springfield, Illinois, where Lincoln practiced law, had his family, and launched his political career. She is a member of the Lincoln Forum Symposia held annually at Gettysburg. She has an MBA degree from the University of Cincinnati and worked for ten years in marketing research. Hopewell has two children and has lived in Brookfield since 1997.
Admission to the presentation is free and complimentary refreshments will be available. For more information on this and other upcoming event of the Brookfield Historical Society log onto www.brookfieldcthistory.org.
