Expert On Abraham Lincoln Will Be Keynote at Fundraiser for the Middlesex County Historical Society

A reception is being held to raise funds for the Society's Capital and Endowment Campaign.

The keynote speaker will beMichael Burlingame, the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

Professor Burlingame is the author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life, a two volume biography of our Nation's 16th President. He is considered to be one of the foremost scholars of Abraham Lincoln.

Time Magazine called Professor Burlingame "a towering figure in Lincoln scholarship" and describes the book "as close to being the definitive biography as anything the world has seen in decades."

The price for the event which includes the lecture and dessert reception following the talk is $35.00 per person. The dessert menu will include fresh fruit, coffee, tea, various pastries and desserts.

  A cash bar will be available, as well.