Lehrman echoed his compatriot’s sentiments. Gilder spoke highly of Blight, who is a professor at Yale, and referenced his Pulitzer Prize win, which was announced the day before the Lincoln Prize ceremony. Gilder Lehrman founders, Richard Gilder and Lewis E. Also in attendance were Middle and High School Gilder Lehrman Civil War Essay Contest winners. Vanya Quinoñes, and many friends, supporters and trustees of the organization. Blackett, and Harold Holzer, Medal of Honor winner Paul Bucha, Pace University provost, Dr. The ceremony was held at the historic Union League Club of New York.Īmong the attendees were respected historians such as Martha Hodes, Eric Foner and Richard J. This year, the prestigious honor was awarded to historian David Blight for his biography Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. Recently, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History held the thirtieth annual Lincoln Prize Ceremony.
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