Abraham Lincoln’s Most Difficult Decision

Thursday, June 26, 2025
7:00 pm

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No president has ever faced more difficult choices than Abraham Lincoln. The greatest of the many tough diplomatic, economic and military decisions during his presidency being the Emancipation Proclamation. This act would greatly affect the 1864 presidential election and the associated political actions of his time in office. Join us for a Zoom talk hosted by the North Jersey Civil War Round Table to learn more about this tumultuous time in U.S Civil War history. Please email refdesk@mmt.mainlib.org for the Zoom code.

Our Presenter: Morris County resident Richard Schwartz is a social studies educator who has won multiple awards over the course of his career, including the Mildred Barry Garvin Prize from the New Jersey Historical Commission for distinguished achievement in the teaching of African-American history. He is the author of the book “The Prairies on Fire: Lincoln Debates Douglas, 1858” and writes the Substack newsletter Common Sentences.

“I Should Be Damned in Time and in Eternity”- Abraham Lincoln’s Most Difficult Decision