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O Captain, My Captain!: Discussing Lincoln's Life and Whitman's Poetry

at VIRTUAL through Walt Whitman Birthplace Association | Thu Apr 15

Location

VIRTUAL through Walt Whitman Birthplace Association

246 Old Walt Whitman Road
Huntington Station, NY 11746
(Map)
Tel: 631-427-5240
Contact Name: Caitlyn Shea
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Date & Time

06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Thu, Apr 15, 2021
Cost: Free Event
Description

WWBA is delighted to present “O Captain, My Captain!”, a discussion about Abraham Lincoln’s life and times, and Walt Whitman’s poetry & speeches following Lincoln’s untimely passing.

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On April 15th, 1865 President Abraham Lincoln succumbed to his injuries after being assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth. Upon hearing a first-hand account of the assassination, Walt Whitman immediately sat down and penned a poetic elegy to the fallen leader. “O Captain! My Captain!” is now one of America’s most beloved poems. “Whitman greatly admired the President, writing in October 1863, ‘I love the President personally.’ Whitman later declared that ‘Lincoln gets almost nearer me than anybody else.’ – Jerome Loving, “Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself.” David S. Reynolds, Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, will discuss his book “Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times,” winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize and selected as one of the Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Books of the Year in 2020. The discussion will explore Lincoln in a culturally biographical context. Barbara Bair, PhD, Curator of Literature, Culture, and Arts in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress will present items from the Library of Congress’ collection that relate to the many public lectures Whitman gave while simultaneously mourning and celebrating Lincoln. She will show the “Death of Lincoln” tickets, printed programs, and the actual reading copy that Whitman used to give his lectures.

$5 suggested donation
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