SCHEDULE 7:30 a.m. – Set-up for presenters and display tables (University Center) 8:00 a.m. – Registration and Display Area opens (University Center) 10:00 a.m. – Welcome and Opening Session  (BEP 200 - Eva G. Farris Auditorium) Opening Presentation “That All Mankind Should Be Free”: Abraham Lincoln and African Americans Dr. Thomas C. Mackey Professor of History, University of Louisville Celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and learn about his experiences with slavery, including his time in Kentucky and how he and Frederick Douglass educated each other about the stresses and issues of emancipation. Part of the Northern Kentucky University Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Lecture Series 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Workshop Session #1 (Choose one of the following.) A. The Covered Bridges of Kentucky -  Room UC 303 A presentation focused on the covered bridges of Northern Kentucky. Presenter: Melissa C. Jurgensen B. Blue or Gray? Finding Your KY Civil War Ancestor  - Room UC 11 Discover research sources and methods to find your ancestor who served in the war.   Presenter: Don Rightmyer C. The Gourmet Strip: The Dixie Highway through Northern Kentucky – Room: Otto      Budig Theater The national development of the highway and how it became the center of Northern Kentucky nightlife for decades. Presenter: Chris Meiman D. Who Says We Talk Funny?: The Real Origins of Appalachian English – Room: Ballroom Examine the historical origins of Appalachian speech and why America mocks this speech pattern.    Presenter: Rebecca Bailey E. Northern Kentucky and the Mexican War, 1846-1848  - Room: President’s Dining Room    In April 1846, the US and Mexico went to war.  Come hear and see how the war affected  the region and its people. Presenter: Tim Herrmann F. International Relations in a Nuclear Age: The India/US Nuclear Agreement – UC 2^nd      Floor Mezzanine The implications of the India/US 126 Agreement to share nuclear technology. Presenter: Tripta Desai G. “Loyal Masses” and “Fiends of Hell”: Guerilla Warfare in Kentucky’s Bluegrass      Region, 1863-1865 – Room: Fac/Staff Dining Room Guerilla activity along the northern fringe of the Bluegrass region. Presenter: J. Michael Rhyne 12:15 – 1:00 p.m. - Workshop Session #2 (Choose one of the following.) A. From Bombs to Bridge Parties: Kentucky Culture Captured in Scrapbooks –      Room: UC 11 Learn how to research Kentucky culture with scrapbooks. Presenter: Lynne Hollingsworth B. History Can Be Moderne:  Architecture in Newport, Kentucky – Room: President’s        Dining Room A look at moderne architecture in Newport and work to recognize, inventory, and preserve this asset. Presenters: Fred Mitchell and Evan Zimmerman C. Sister/Sistah: Shakers, Freed Persons and the Civil War – Room: UC 2^nd Floor      Mezzanine A dramatic presentation of monologues drawn from 19^th century Pleasant Hill Shaker journals.   Presenter: Vickie Cimprich     D. Celebrating Northern Kentucky: An Oral History Workshop – Room: Ballroom Learn the basics on how to design and implement your own oral history project. Presenters: Rebecca Bailey, Elizabeth Dzurenka, and Marianne Fields E. A Symphony Orchestra in Northern Kentucky, 1930-Present – Room: Otto Budig     Theater A look at classical music and its derivatives in Northern Kentucky. Presenter: James R. Cassidy F. Lincoln and the End of Slavery – Room: Fac/Staff Dining Room Lincoln’s attempt to negotiate with Kentucky’s congressional delegation to end slavery in 1862 and its significance. Presenter: Helen LaCroix G. Advances in Online Genealogy – Room: UC 303 Trace and collect your family history with online databases, tools and programs.  Presenter: Elaine M. Kuhn             1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Displays open and Door Prize winners announced           If you would like to be added to the History Day mailing list and learn about future History Day activities and other history-related events, please send your name and postal address (snail-mail) to watkinsan@nku.edu.