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WKU Historians Reflect on the Election of Abraham Lincoln

By Dan Modlin

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkyu/local-wkyu-936226.mp3

Bowling Green, KY – November marks the 150th anniversary of the election of President Abraham Lincoln. Although the nation's 16th President was a native of Kentucky, he received relatively little support from the state in the Presidential election of 1860. Dan Modlin talks with historians Dr. Jack Thacker and Dr. Glenn Lafantasie of the WKU History Department.........