The Hays Public Library will host Dr. Brian Miller at 2 p.m. Sunday for his presentation of “The Tattered Lincoln Album: Lincoln’s Likeness and Image in American History and Memory.” The event will be at the library’s Schmidt Gallery. The presentation is part of the traveling Lincoln exhibit that will be at the library until March 21.
Miller is an associate professor at Emporia State University. As a Civil War historian, his research examines the public memory of the American Civil War and how it has changed in the past 150 years. His presentation will include photographs, paintings and drawings that examine major events in the life of Abraham Lincoln from campaigning for president to his untimely death.
The National Constitution Center and the American Library Association Public Programs Office organized the traveling exhibition, which was made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The traveling exhibition is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by the National Constitution Center.