# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lincoln's Declaration: How He Interpreted--and Defended--our Founding Document
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 03 May, 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: In honor of its 250th Anniversary, John Schilb, Culbertson Chair and Professor Emeritus of English, will analyze Abraham Lincoln’s rhetoric regarding the Declaration of Independence. Many of Lincoln's opponents (e.g., Stephen Douglas and Jefferson Davis) either ridiculed the Declaration's claim that "all men are created equal" or believed that it applied just to whites. Lincoln maintained that "all" really did mean everyone. Only gradually, however, was he willing to consider Black people his social peers. Statements that he made during his debates with Douglas reflect this complex attitude. And even the Gettysburg Address does not assume that the Declaration's message has a future. Indeed, that speech called the Declaration's claim about equality a "proposition" to be tested. That is, Lincoln saw American democracy as something that might not endure. Its fate still seems in question, so his take on the Declaration remains timely.

The UU Church of Bloomington is located at 2120 N. Fee Lane
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bloomington/lincolns-declaration-how-he-interpreted-and-defended-our-founding-document/200029487564549
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## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Bloomington
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington IN
- **lat**: 39.18535
- **long**: -86.51863
- **full address**: Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington IN, 2120 N Fee Ln, Bloomington, IN 47408-1646, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Lincoln's Declaration: How He Interpreted--and Defended--our Founding Document being held?
  - **A:** Lincoln's Declaration: How He Interpreted--and Defended--our Founding Document takes place on Sun, 03 May, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 03 May, 2026 at 02:00 pm at Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington IN, 2120 N Fee Ln, Bloomington, IN 47408-1646, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Lincoln's Declaration: How He Interpreted--and Defended--our Founding Document?
  - **A:** Lincoln's Declaration: How He Interpreted--and Defended--our Founding Document is organized by Traveling University.

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