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Lincoln Look-alikes
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Do the Lincoln Movie Characters Resemble the Real Historical Figures? We Thought So!
By now many of your have likely seen the movie Lincoln. Many of us at the Vermont Humanities Council were struck by how much the characters in the movie resemble the real-life historical figures. Were you? The resemblances went beyond Daniel Day Lewis as Lincoln. Tommy Lee Jones bore one of the most striking resemblances as native Vermonter Thaddeus Stevens. Enjoy an examination of some of the other look-alikes in this Slate article "What Did the People of Lincoln Really Look Like?"The movie did an incredible job of bringing the written words of the Civil War era to life. It was a pure joy to hear the words of Lincoln, Stevens, and others spoken out loud, especially as we've been exploring letters, speeches, and more in the Civil War Book of Days, VHC's free weekly e-mail exploring what happened each week 150 years ago during the war. You can read past editions and learn more about the e-newsletter here.  | | Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Thaddeus Stevens |
Learn more about Thaddeus Stevens
" Remarkable Radical: Thaddeus Stevens," by Steve Moyer, HUMANITIES, November/December 2012 | Volume 33, Number 6"Thaddeus Stevens, Class of 1814, Gets a Character Reference From Steven Spielberg," by Bonnie Barber, Dartmouth Now, December 21, 2012 " Thaddeus Stevens and Lincoln," by Jay Craven, VPR Commentary Series, December 4, 2012 "Oscar Nods for 'Lincoln' Lift Vermont Native Thaddeus Stevens," by Brent Hallenbeck, Burlington Free Press, January 10, 2013
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 Thursday Thoughts via Facebook and Twitter
Enjoy weekly poems on Facebook and Twitter brought to you by the Vermont Humanities Council and the Vermont Arts Council. Look for a weekly poem on Thursday afternoons. All of the poems are from Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry in honor of VHC's Vermont Reads 2013 book. Enjoy this recent poem. "It's Raining in Love" by Richard BrautiganI don't know what it is,
but I distrust myself
when I start to like a girl
a lot.
Read the rest of the poem here
Join us on Facebook and Twitter to read these weekly poems!
 The newest star on the Vermont poetry scene will be revealed at the Vermont Poetry Out Loud State Competition and we hope you'll join us! Thirty-eight students from 38 Vermont high schools will recite their hearts out at the Barre Opera House on March 13 and it's open to all. If you're too far away to join in the fun, don't worry; the event will be live streamed on the web and on the Vermont Poetry Out Loud Facebook page. We'll also be live tweeting the competition! Join in the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtags #VTPOL13 and #POL13.
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First Wednesdays 2012-2013
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First Wednesdays Talks March 6
(Middlebury's talk is March 13)
All talks are at 7:00 pm. See you at First Wednesdays!
BRATTLEBORO -- Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln with Harvard professor and Civil War scholar John Stauffer. Host and location: Brooks Memorial Library. Learn more.
 | Italy's Marshall Plan poster contest finalist submission by Guiseppe Groce. Learn more about the Marshall Plan at First Wednesdays in Manchester. Click on image to see other posters.
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ESSEX JUNCTION -- Truth or Dare: Writing Historical Fiction with author Jay Parini. Host and location: Brownell Library. Learn more. MANCHESTER -- The Marshall Plan Revisited with UVM professor emeritus Mark A. Stoler. Host: Mark Skinner Library. Location: First Congregational Church. Learn more.* * MARCH 13 * * MIDDLEBURY --
Painting Ordinary People with former head of American Paintings at Sotheby's and Christie's James Maroney.
Host and location: Ilsley Public Library. Learn more.MONTPELIER -- Victoria's Secrets with Middlebury College professor Antonia Losano. Host and location: Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Learn more.NEWPORT -- The History of Herbal Medicine in America with expert herbalist Rosemary Gladstar. Host and location: Goodrich Memorial Library.
NORWICH -- The British Monarchy from Victoria to Elizabeth II with Middlebury College professor Paul Monod. Hosts: Norwich Public Library and Norwich Historical Society. Location: Norwich Congregational Church. Learn more.
RUTLAND -- Fiction's Getting to the Truth: Chris Bohjalian's The Sandcastle Girls, Family History, and Armenian Genocide with author Chris Bohjalian. Host and location: Rutland Free Library. Learn more.
ST. JOHNSBURY -- Early Photographs of Native North Americans with UNH Vice Provost and professor Lisa MacFarlane. Host and location: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. Learn more.
Learn what talks will be taking place in a community near you.
 | Bone Necklace, Council Chief, Oglala Sioux, by Heyn Photo, c1899, courtesy Library of Congress. Click on image to learn more.
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Civil War Book of Days -- Marking Events that Happened Each Week During the Civil War
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 Sign up for the Civil War Book of Days
VHC's weekly Civil War Book of Days marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. It commemorates what happened each week 150 years ago.
Read some of the latest editions of this e-newsletter.
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Humanities Commentaries on VPR
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The Fire Next Time (2-12-13) In January 1963, fifty years ago, the great American writer James Baldwin published a famous book entitled The Fire Next Time. It was a profoundly influential statement about race relations in the midst of the Civil Rights movement. Here's Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert with these thoughts.
Frost's Final Days (1-28-13) Robert Frost died fifty years ago tomorrow at the age of eighty-eight. Peter Gilbert tells us about the last days of a man that scholars generally now recognize as one of America's greatest poets.
Blizzard (1-10-13) With the return of wintry weather, parents once again have to plan ahead for days when their children may be released from school early due to impending weather, out of concern for their safety. It's a necessity that's reminded Peter Gilbert of how a tremendously powerful winter storm once swept across the northern plains -- with the most dire of consequences.
Emancipation (1-1-2013) New Year's Day one hundred and fifty years ago was unlike any other in American history. With the stroke of a pen, four million humans stopped being under the law pieces of property owned by other people. The slaves in the Confederacy won their freedom. Peter Gilbert has the story.
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Thank You for Your Donation
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The Vermont Humanities Council depends on donations from individuals and businesses to offer public programming and programming for underserved communities.
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The Vermont Humanities Council presents more than 1,200 events every year. Thank you for your interest in lifelong learning!
Sincerely,
Sylvia Plumb, Director of Communications
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