The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
and the
Roosevelt House
Public Policy Institute at
Hunter College present
"Presidential Leadership:
Lincoln & Roosevelt"
a Presidents Day Weekend
conversation with
renowned historians
Harold Holzer and Craig L. Symonds
Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.
Henry A. Wallace Center at the
FDR Presidential Library and Home
HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College present
"Presidential Leadership: Lincoln & Roosevelt"
-- a Presidents Day Weekend conversation with renowned historians
Harold Holzer and Craig L. Symonds
at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 15, 2020. Library Director Paul Sparrow will moderate. The program will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home.
This is a free public event but registration is required.
Both Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt consistently rank within the top three U.S. Presidents in modern day polls. But their leadership styles -- both domestic and wartime -- evolved throughout their respective presidencies. Although their educational backgrounds and training were entirely different, both presidents were skillful politicians, great communicators, and successful commanders-in-chief. And although a Democrat, FDR emulated and assimilated Lincoln into the New Deal and the fight against the Axis.
"Presidential Leadership: Lincoln & Roosevelt"
brings together two of America's leading historians to discuss the leadership styles of Lincoln and FDR, and why they matter today.
Harold Holzer
is the recipient of the 2015 Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize. One of the country's leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era, Holzer was appointed chairman of the US Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission by President Bill Clinton and awarded the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush. He currently serves as the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, City University of New York.
Craig L. Symonds
is Ernest J. King Distinguished Professor of Maritime History at the U.S. Naval War College and also Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval Academy where he taught for thirty years and served as Department Chair.
Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
