Presentations featuring Michael Krebs
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Lincoln Assassination. April 14, 1865--Actor John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln in the back of the head at a Washington theater. Days later, Wilkes died in a standoff, and eventually, eight Southern sympathizers were tried for conspiracy. This much we know to be true. But many conspiracy theories arose--pointing to the Confederacy, the Union, and even the Catholic Church! Once again, new theories have sprung up, based on recently found documents and forensic technology. Historian Edward Steers Jr. connects Booth to the Confederate Secret Service in Montreal, which indirectly links him to Jefferson Davis and the Confederate government; while biographer Charles Higham places Booth in a larger conspiracy. Historians, biographers, and researchers, who take issue with Steers and Higham, counter their arguments here. To purchase the DVD, link here. |
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Lincoln-Douglas Galesburg Debate Knox College - History October 7, 1858 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mr. Douglas spoke for an hour, Mr. Lincoln for an hour and a half, and Mr. Douglas replied for another half hour. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people witnessed the event. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates continues to be a C-Span most popular series, considered a classic program on their web site. More information on the debate is available at the link below. To purchase The DVD Galesburg Debate, link to the C-Span Store below C-Span Store: Lincoln-Douglas Debate |
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More than 20,000 documents are in the "Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress" presentation. "Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library" offers a Webcast
of a 1998 event at the Library in which the digitization of Lincoln
materials was announced. A highlight is a performance by Lincoln
impersonator Michael Krebs. The Library's Web site is a great way to make
your own discoveries about the parallel lives of Lincoln and Whitman. |
 
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WGN Chicago Channel 9 News February 17, 2008 Evening News at 9:00 p.m. Special Segment Mr. Krebs appears on the WGN Morning News every President's Day just for fun! February 18, 2008 President's Day Morning News See clips of appearances in Video Gallery. |