This is the second in a series of blogs about the Commissioners and their work on the Commission ? their hopes, dreams, critical concerns, and recommendations and expectations for the future. Jean Bandler, a Connecticut resident, appointed to the Commission

  "We cannot escape history," Lincoln said in his 1862 December message to Congress. The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission is now engrossed in preparing its final report to Congress.  We are reviewing the programs, exhibits, endorsements, and Congressionally  "mandated" work

In preparing to write the Commission?s final report to ?Congress and the American People,? I intend to interview the commissioners to ascertain their views of their own work role on the commission and the effectiveness of the commission. Late last week, I

I commend all short speech makers especially, when the assembled crowd must withstand the a numbing cold and pouring rain of a dispiriting Washington mid November day.  I did not beat Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg short speech record time. I certainly

ALBC Morrill Conference October 24, 2009 at Champaign Urbana  Sam Pitroda?s name may not be a household word in the United States or even in his home city of Chicago, but throughout India he is venerated as the man who