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CJ EXTRA WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015 | The Topeka Capital-Journal
Why is Lincoln’s image so poignant and prominent in American society? He has been used to sell everything from sandwiches, to sleep medications, to used cars and mattresses during the presidential holidays.” BRIAN MILLER
Professor probes Lincoln’s image Presentation precedes ‘Lincoln’ at Friday’s Sundown Film Festival By Emily DeShazer
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Everything from the ads used to sell sandwiches, to the silver screen, to the animatronics figure at Disneyland has shaped the image and likeness of Abraham Lincoln in both memory and history, according to an Emporia State University professor. Brian Miller, associate professor of history at ESU, will discuss Lincoln’s memory using more than 50 images at the Sundown Film Festival on Friday, July 10, at the Kansas Historical Society, 6425 S.W. 6th. The 6:30 p.m. talk will precede the showing of the Steven Spielberg movie “Lincoln,” which will be shown when the sun goes down about 9 p.m. Miller, who grew up running around the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa., and playing Civil War in his backyard as a kid, also will be talking about his current research on the animatronics version of Lincoln at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. With a figure of Lincoln propped on his desk at Emporia State, Miller sat down with The Topeka Capital-Journal to talk about his current research surrounding Lincoln and his thoughts on the movie.
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Brian Miller, associate professor of history at Emporia State University, grew up visiting Civil War battlefields — including nearby Gettysburg in Pennsylvania — with his family. He will be speaking about Abraham Lincoln on Friday at the Sundown Film Festival.