Presentations at this symposium include "The Emancipation Proclamation as a War Measure," "Current Lincoln Scholarship," "Lincoln Records in the National Archives," "Lincoln and the Copperhead Movement in Illinois," and living history reenactors throughout the day.

Clark Welch and other veterans will share their experiences from the Battle of Ong Thanh. October 17th marks the 41st anniversary of the action. A movie based on Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss's book They Marched Into the Sunlight, which tells the story of the battle, is currently in production.

In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. Attendees at this event join author Rick Atkinson as he discusses his new book in the Liberation Trilogy, The Day of Battle. A book signing will follow.

Joe Galloway and Lieutenant General Hal Moore, authors of We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang the Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam are releasing a new book, We Are Soldiers Still, in August. In their new book, Galloway and Moore revisit the Ia Drang battlefield with veterans and commanders from both sides. Using vintage maps from 1965 the veterans locate the hallowed ground where so many lives had been lost more than 40 years ago. At this event, attendees join authors Joe Galloway and Hal Moore as they discuss their new book.

Facing History is excited to present its first community event in Chattanooga featuring author and concert pianist Mona Golabek. Golabek is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist, the host of a syndicated classical music radio show, and the author of The Children of Willesden Lane, the story of her mother's rescue from Nazi-occupied Austria on a Kindertransport and her teenage years as a refugee. Through a powerful musical and narrative performance, Ms. Golabek will relate her family history and address Facing History themes of identity, participation, courage, and resilience.

This event presents a reading and discussion with Rick Hollander, editor of Every Day Lasts a Year: A Jewish Family's Correspondence from Poland. He will recount his family's poignant experiences before and during the Holocaust as revealed through letters found after his parents' deaths.

This workshop will introduce two Holocaust related books: Anton the Dove Fancier and Parallel Journeys. In addition to connecting the content of these books to the Facing History themes of identity, membership, and conformity, facilitators will demonstrate concrete literacy strategies which teachers can implement in their classrooms.

In conjunction with Facing History's content and themes of rescue during the Holocaust, participants will deepen their understanding of the ways one person can make a difference. The workshop will feature the documentary Blessed is the Match, one of Facing History's latest resources that tells the story of Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a soldier, martyr, and national heroine in Israel.

This two-day workshop will explore ways to teach the Holocaust through the lens of literature using fiction, nonfiction, poetry, short stories, diaries, and memoir.

What difficult choices confront individuals, groups, and nations in the face of genocide? What dangers does everyone face when nations do not confront history? Participants can learn ways of integrating Facing History's newest resource kit, Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians, into their curriculum. This is a multimedia resource for teachers which includes a resource book and companion DVD, lesson plans, and two documentary DVDs.