Roger Arthur on “The Laughing Lincoln: The Wit & Wisdom of Our 16th President”
Roger Arthur with Lincoln
Can history be fun? You bet! The Forum Room at CCC Blackwood resounded with laughter on the evening of February 20th when Old Baldy guest speaker Roger Arthur regaled us with “The Laughing Lincoln: the Wit and Wisdom of Our 16th President.” A Lincoln scholar, Arthur provided historical context while demonstrating his own mastery of comic timing as he delivered Lincoln’s lines. Our thanks again to Roger Arthur for a presentation that was both educational and highly entertaining.
Roger W. Arthur has had an interest in history since childhood. He studied it in college, taught it in school, read monographs of many prominent historians, read many of the original documents, and has visited most of the important Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Civil War sites throughout the country. He currently teaches Modern American History at Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown, PA. In the evenings in the Spring and Fall, he offers a variety of adult enrichment courses at the Chester County Night School, and from time to time is an instructor at Manor College and the Mainline School Night. The courses he presents include the following: “The War of the Rebellion,” “Discover Mr. Lincoln,” “Meet Colonel Roosevelt,” “The American Revolution,” “World War II,” and “Presidential Greatness.” Roger often speaks at Civil War round tables, libraries, colleges and community groups. In February 2009 he gave a series of Lincoln Lectures at the Chester and Delaware County Libraries to commemorate the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth. In the spring of 2013 the Marple Library in Delaware County will offer a four part series: “1863: a New Birth of Freedom.”
Roger Arthur earned an M.A. in American History at West Chester University in 2003. His other graduate studies have included the following: Public History – Rutgers University (1998); American History – Miami University (1968-9). He was nominated to be “American History Teacher of the Year” by the Gilder-Lehrman Institute in 2012. His passion for history—and his desire to share it with others—continues to be a central motif of his life.
LAUGHING WITH LINOLN
Can history be fun? You bet! The Forum Room at CCC Blackwood resounded with laughter on the evening of February 20th when Old Baldy guest speaker Roger Arthur regaled us with “The Laughing Lincoln: the Wit and Wisdom of Our 16th President.” A Lincoln scholar, Arthur provided historical context while demonstrating his own mastery of comic timing as he delivered Lincoln’s lines. Our thanks again to Roger Arthur for a presentation that was both educational and highly entertaining.