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“Looking for a really dramatic point:” Harold Holzer, Abraham Lincoln, and Freedom of the Press

Juliette Sebock
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Gettysburg chapter.

On Tuesday, February 23, renowned historian Harold Holzer, recipient of the prestigious 2015 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln prize, gave the annual Lincoln Lyceum address to a group of students, staff, and community members.  

Introduced by the Civil War Institute’s Dr. Ian A. Isherwood, Holzer effortlessly discussed the topics of his book Lincoln and the Power of the Press:  The War for Public Opinion.  Against a backdrop of Civil War-era censorship, he led the crowd to think not only of the history, but of the modern equivalents thereof. 

Juliette Sebock, Founder: Jules founded the Gettysburg College chapter of Her Campus in Fall 2015 and served as Campus Correspondent until graduating in Spring 2018. Juliette graduated from Gettysburg College in 2018 with an English major and History/Civil War Era Studies/Public History triple minors. In addition to HC, she was a member of the Spring 2017 class of Advanced Studies in England and of various organizations including Eta Sigma Phi, Dance Ensemble, and Poetry Circle. She has published a poetry chapbook titled Mistakes Were Made, available on Amazon and Goodreads, and she has poems forthcoming in several literary magazines. She is also the editor-in-chief of Nightingale & Sparrow Magazine and runs the lifestyle blog, For the Sake of Good Taste. For more information, visit https://juliettesebock.com.