Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia -- Bicentennial dinner -- Presentations -- Notes:
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Description of Pictures: The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia held its Bicentennial Birthday Celebration for President Abraham Lincoln at the Willard Hotel. Invited speakers were The Honorable George S. McGovern (Senator, Author, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient.) and Dr. Craig L. Symonds (Historian, Author, Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval Academy).
Because I took so many, pictures from this event are divided onto two pages:
Pictures of the dinner (excluding the presentation on the podium) Pictures of the presentation on the podium Speakers in sequence are:
- Edgar F. Russell III, President, The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia
- Richard Carr, of CarrAmerica Reality Corp. which owns the Willard InterContinental Hotel where the dinner was held
- Steven L. Carson, Past President, LGDC
- Brendan McAvoy
- Year of Jubilo String Band
- Dr. Craig L. Symonds
- The Honorable George S. McGovern
- Harold Holzer, Co-chair Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
- Reverend Roger J. Gench, Senior Pastor, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
DINNEP_090212_017.JPG: Edgar F. Russell III, President, The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia
DINNEP_090212_061.JPG: Richard Carr, of CarrAmerica Reality Corp. which owns the Willard InterContinental Hotel where the dinner was held
DINNEP_090212_118.JPG: Steven L. Carson, Past President, LGDC
DINNEP_090212_167.JPG: Brendan McAvoy, 15 years old, from New Jersey. His great-great-great-grandfather was stationed outside to guard the house after Lincoln's body was removed. He had a piece of the sheet from the bed in the Petersen House in which Lincoln died.
DINNEP_090212_198.JPG: Year of Jubilo String Band
DINNEP_090212_307.JPG: Dr. Craig L. Symonds
DINNEP_090212_477.JPG: The Honorable George S. McGovern
DINNEP_090212_693.JPG: Harold Holzer, Co-chair Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
DINNEP_090212_756.JPG: Toasting Lincoln.
DINNEP_090212_771.JPG: Reverend Roger J. Gench, Senior Pastor, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
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2009 photos: Equipment this year: I was using mostly the Fuji S100fs. I've also got a Nikon D90 and a newer Fuji -- the S200EHX -- both of which are nice but I still prefer the flexibility of the Fuji.
Trips this year: (1) quick jaunt to Niagara Falls, (2) quick jaunt to New York City, (3) the Civil War Preservation Trust annual conference in Gettysburg, (4) out west for the San Diego Comic-Con and various places, and (5) the Civil War Preservation Trust Grand Review in Springfield IL .
Ego strokes: I had a picture of a Lincoln-Obama cupcake sculpture published in Civil War Times and WUSA-9, the local CBS affiliate, ran a quick piece on me. A picture that I took at the annual Abraham Lincoln Symposium appeared in the National Archives' "Prologue" magazine.
Photos taken this year: 417,000 (over 1.5 million since I went digital back in 2002).
User page views this year: 22,700 (almost identical to last year).