" Meeting Archives "

UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS

PRIOR PRESENTATIONS

  • "Prelude to Pearl Harbor"

    Our Guest Speaker[s]:
    Dennis Carlson, B.S. in Business Administration

    Topic Summary:

    Prelude to Pearl Harbor

  • "President Abraham Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger Taney: The Great Antagonists"

    Our Guest Speaker[s]:
    George Deutsch, B.S.

    Topic Summary:

    The lecture explores the legendary constitutional rivalry between President Abraham Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney. The contrasts between the two men could not have been starker. Taney was the product of privilege and an outstanding formal education while Lincoln came from abject poverty and was self-educated. The rivalry began with the Dred Scott decision of 1857 and lasted until Taney’s death in 1864.