Program suggestions by month

February-Valentine’s Day, Lincoln’s Birthday (Feb. 12) & President’s Day

  1. “Affairs of State: Love and Romance in the Lives of U.S. Presidents”
  2. Presidential Birthplaces
  3. Who is Buried in Grants Tomb? Presidential Gravesites
  4. Here I Have Lived: A virtual Tour through Lincoln’s life & the places he lived (1 ½ hr.)

March- Women’s History Month

  1. Lectures on the First Ladies
    1. Style Icons
    1. Lesser-Known First Ladies
    1. Accidental First Ladies
  2. Frances Folsom Cleveland: A First Lady of Charisma and Controversy
  3. Inaugural Gowns of the 1st Ladies
  4. Wild Child to Grande Dame: The Life of Alice Roosevelt Longworth
  5. The First Ladies Who Never Served: Lost Partners of American Presidents
  6. Women of the Civil War: Courage Beyond the Battlefield
  7. Bringing Dreams to Life: Women Imagineers in the World of Disney

April- Anniversary of Lincoln Death (April 15)

  1. The Lincoln Family After 1865
  2. Losing the Light: The Night Mary Lost Abraham
  3. A Nation Mourns: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln

May & June-Spring & wedding season

  1. Victorian Sentiments: Decoding the Language of Flowers, Fans, Gloves and Tea
  2. I do! Victorian Wedding Traditions
  3. White House Brides
  4. From Queen Victoria to the Modern Royals: A History of Royal Weddings

July- 4th of July

  1. What Happened Next? The Forgotten Aftermath of American History
  2. History’s Strangest Coincidences: Amazing True Stories from America’s Past
  3. Moments That Made America: Turning Points in 250 Years

October Halloween

  1. Ghosts of the White House: Haunted Histories and Presidential Spirits
  2. Who is Buried in Grants Tomb? Presidential gravesites (1 ½ hrs. long)
  3. Spiritualism & Mourning in Victorian America
  4. Master of Suspense: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock

December-Winter Holidays, Birthday of Walt Disney (Dec. 5) & Birthday of Mary Lincoln (Dec. 13)

  1. How America’s Presidents Celebrated the Winter Holidays
  2. The Life of Walt Disney
  3. When You Wish Upon a Star: The History & Films of Walt Disney Studios
  4. She Could Make a Bishop Forget His Prayers: The Life of Mary Lincoln (1 ½ hr.)
  5. “To Think My Son Could Do This to Me!” Was Mary Lincoln Insane?