With Malice Toward None: 150 Years Since Appomattox

The Union League Club of Chicago and its partners, The Great Books Foundation and WTTW/WFMT, invite you to join us on the 150th anniversary of the Surrender at Appomattox, for a special celebration of the most famous inaugural address in American history. Joseph Coulson, President of The Great Books Foundation, and Don Whitfield, Director of Great Books Discussions, will guide a conversation with leading Chicago citizens, exploring the continuing significance of the words and ideas articulated in Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, and the need for reconciliation and healing after any conflict.

5:30 p.m. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.

6:00 p.m. The Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln – Jackie Taylor, Founder and Executive Director, Black Ensemble Theater

6:10 p.m. Unfinished Work: The Second Inaugural Address – A discussion featuring:

• Kenneth Clarke, President & CEO, Pritzker Military Library
• Cecilia Conrad, V.P., MacArthur Foundation Fellows “Genius Grants”
• The Hon. Roey Gilad, Consul General of the State of Israel to the Midwest
• Susan Henking, President, Shimer College
• Charles Lipson, Professor of International Relations, University of Chicago
• The Hon. Toni Preckwinkle, President, Cook County Board
• Daniel Schmidt, President & CEO, WTTW-11
• Scott Stantis, Editorial Cartoonist, Chicago Tribune
• Jackie Taylor, Founder and Executive Director, Black Ensemble Theater
• The Hon. Diane Wood, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
• Eli Williamson, Director of Veterans Program, McCormick Foundation
• Angel Ysaguirre, Executive Director, Illinois Humanities Council
• Rabbi Michael Zedek, Senior Rabbi, Emanuel Congregation

About the Second Inaugural Address -- Dr. David Zarefsky, Professor Emeritus of Communications, Northwestern University

7:30 p.m. Adjournment.

The cost is $25 per person; a cash bar will be available. Student tickets are available for $15 (must show valid student ID at registration). PLEASE NOTE: The Union League Club strictly enforces a "Business Casual" dress code; no denim or athletic wear permitted.