Special show: Sesquicentennial commemoration of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, featuring Carl Sandburg and Fredric March
- Date
1959-02-12
- Summary
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Special joint session of Congress in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The program included the United States Army Band, the Cadet Chorus of the United States Coast Guard Academy, a leading of the Gettysburg Address by actor Fredric March, and an address by Carl Sandburg, poet and biographer of Lincoln. (Sandburg was the first non-government civilian ever invited to address a joint session of Congress.) Bill Steinbach, announcer.
- Publisher
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company. Group W
- Genre
Special events radio coverage
- Collection
Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes
- Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Physical Description
sound tape reel
- Notes
A guide to the full collection of Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes is available in our archival collections: https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/43884
- Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: bcast-076984; Other: 0492-MMC
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.