{"176661":{"#nid":"176661","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u2018Lincoln: The Constitution and The Civil War\u2019 opens at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA national traveling exhibition focusing on Abraham Lincoln\u2019s struggle to meet the constitutional challenges of the Civil War opens December 12 in the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons 3\u003Csup\u003Erd\u003C\/sup\u003E floor Gallery Space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War\u201d offers a fresh perspective on Lincoln\u2019s presidency. Visitors will leave the exhibition with a more complete understanding of Lincoln as president and the Civil War as the nation\u2019s gravest constitutional crisis. Both the general public and the Georgia Tech community are invited to view the exhibit and attend the opening reception on \u003Cstrong\u003EThursday, January 10 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E in the Clough Commons.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOrganized thematically, the full-color panel exhibition explores how Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War \u2013 the \u003Cstrong\u003Esecession\u003C\/strong\u003E of Southern states, \u003Cstrong\u003Eslavery\u003C\/strong\u003E, and wartime \u003Cstrong\u003Ecivil liberties\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp; Photographic reproductions of original documents are also included in the display, including a draft of Lincoln\u2019s first inaugural speech, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Thirteenth Amendment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe exhibit will be on display from December 12 \u2013 February 7, 2013 in the Clough Commons 3\u003Csup\u003Erd\u003C\/sup\u003E floor Gallery Space. The Georgia Tech Library is sponsoring free programs and other events in connection with the exhibition. For more information, contact Jennifer Upton at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Jennifer.upton@library.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJennifer.upton@library.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLincoln: the Constitution and the Civil War\u003Cem\u003E,\u003C\/em\u003E\u201da traveling exhibition for libraries,\u0026nbsp;was organized by the National Constitution Center and the American Library Association Public Programs Office. The traveling exhibition has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u0026nbsp;\u201cLincoln: the Constitution and the Civil War\u201d is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by the National Constitution Center.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA national traveling exhibition focusing on Abraham Lincoln\u2019s struggle to meet the constitutional challenges of the Civil War opens December 12 in the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons 3\u003Csup\u003Erd\u003C\/sup\u003E floor Gallery Space.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A national traveling exhibition focusing on Abraham Lincoln\u2019s struggle to meet the constitutional challenges of the Civil War opens December 12 in the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons 3rd floor Gallery Space."}],"uid":"27508","created_gmt":"2012-12-11 11:47:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:22","author":"Tearanny Street","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"176641":{"id":"176641","type":"image","title":"Lincoln","body":null,"created":"1449179031","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:51","changed":"1475894787","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:27","alt":"Lincoln","file":{"fid":"195885","name":"lincoln.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lincoln_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lincoln_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":140727,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lincoln_0.png?itok=lEmoQJde"}}},"media_ids":["176641"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/weblog.library.gatech.edu\/news\/2013\/01\/08\/three-lectures-accompany-lincoln-the-constitution-and-the-civil-war-exhibit\/","title":"Three Lectures Accompany \u0022Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War\u0022 Exhibit"}],"groups":[{"id":"47240","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"23441","name":"clough_events"},{"id":"11532","name":"library_events"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJennifer Upton\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarketing \u0026amp; Events Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Library\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Jennifer.Upton@library.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}