Seymour Historical Society to host historian's online program about Lincoln

SEYMOUR -  The Seymour Historical Society will host an online program about Abraham Lincoln at 2 p.m. Feb. 27 presented by Connecticut historian Mark Albertson. 

Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech is, of course, The Gettysburg Address. But the stakes were even higher on March 4, 1861, when the 16th president first took office. America was divided. The issue of slavery seemed destined to tear apart the country. 

In this timely program Albertson will dissect Lincoln's first Inaugural Address, explaining how the president tried to ease tensions, reassure Southerners and - unsuccessfully, it would turn out - stave off Civil War.

This is shared from the Seymour Historical Society's Facebook event page.