"Lincoln and the Widow Bixby" Premieres this Friday
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 2:09PM Judy Giesberg tells the story of the most famous condolence letter ever written in “Lincoln and the Widow Bixby,” the next episode of Humanities on the Road premiering this Friday on PCN-TV.
Giesberg, who is Associate Professor of History at Villanova University, introduces audiences at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia to the story of Lydia Bixby, a mother living in Boston who allegedly lost five sons on Civil War battlefields. Moved by the family’s sacrifice for the country, President Lincoln wrote Bixby a condolence letter after hearing of her loss.
Check out PCN-TV website for times and more info at
http://www.humanitiesontheroad.org/home/lincoln-and-the-widow-bixby-premieres-this-friday.html
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