Meet historian Jonathan White and hear stories from his new children’s book.

Author Jonathan W. White and his book

Join us on Saturday, February 3 from 11 AM – 1 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum in Washington, D.C. for an afternoon of fun with author and historian Jonathan W. White. Hear stories from his new book, My Day with Abe Lincoln. The program is geared toward children, but adults are also sure to enjoy it!

Did you know that Abraham Lincoln struggled with spelling for his entire life? Or that kids teased him on his first day of school because he wore a sunbonnet? Or that he almost died several times when he was a child? Acclaimed historian Jonathan White will share these and many other stories about Abe Lincoln’s life in a program based on his children’s book My Day with Abraham Lincoln.

This event is FREE for all visitors.

The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum is located at 437 7th St. NW, Washington D.C.

Jonathan W. White is professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University. He is the author or editor of 17 books that cover a variety of topics including civil liberties during the Civil War, the USS Monitor and the Battle of Hampton Roads, the presidential election of 1864, and what Abraham Lincoln and soldiers dreamt about. Among his awards are the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia’s Outstanding Faculty Award (2019); CNU’s Alumni Society Award for Teaching and Mentoring (2016); and the 2015 Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Prize. His recent books include A House Built By Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House (2022), which was co-winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize (with Jon Meacham); Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade (2023); Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves (2023); and an exciting new children’s book, My Day with Abe Lincoln (2024).