CWRTDC'S UPCOMING MEETING

co-hosted with

PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S COTTAGE

IN-PERSON ONLY

"Dred Scott: Struggle for Freedom
and Continued Legacy"

LYNNE JACKSON

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

At President Lincoln's Cottage

140 Rock Creek Church Rd, NW

Washington, DC 20011

Use the address above in your GPS to take you to the Eagle Guard Gate entrance, where the guard will ask for an ID. Please let the guard know you are there for a meeting at President Lincoln's Cottage. If driving, there is free parking to which the guard will direct you. The Visitor Center is just beyond the gate.

Agenda:

5:30 pm: Social Period with light appetizers and refreshments at Visitor Center.

6:15 pm: Short walk to President Lincoln's Cottage for Program.

6:30 pm: Presentation of the Ed Bearss Legacy Award to Loretta Neumann.

6:40 pm: Start of Meeting with

Callie Hawkins, CEO of the Cottage & Eileen Bradner, VP, CWRTDC.

6:50 pm: Presentation by Lynne Jackson.

7:15 pm: Cottage Conversation and Q&A

8:00 pm: Meeting Adjourned

THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ALL.

FREE TO MEMBERS OF THE

CWRTDC AND PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S COTTAGE.

(NON-MEMBERS MAY PAY $10 OR BECOME MEMBERS)

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About the Topic:

For our April 9, 2025 meeting, we are partnering with President Lincoln’s Cottage in northwest Washington, D.C., to hear from Lynne Jackson, President and Founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation and the great, great granddaughter of Dred Scott.

Ms. Jackson will give a presentation on Dred and Harriet Scott's 11-year legal battle for freedom and the work of the foundation to promote commemoration, education and reconciliation in today’s fractured environment.

The meeting will take place in the historic house where President Lincoln and his family lived for over a quarter of his Presidency, and where President Lincoln developed the Emancipation Proclamation.

Following Ms. Jackson’s presentation, there will be a moderated discussion and questions. The meeting will begin with a reception in the Visitor Education Center.

About the Speaker:

Lynne Jackson is the great-great granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott, plaintiffs in the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision of 1857. Jackson founded the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation in 2006 with the goals of commemoration, education and reconciliation. Her primary motive is to share and continue the legacy of Dred Scott and his important role in changing the landscape of the United States through his 11-year legal battle for freedom. Her expertise is blending the personal and legal cases together and portraying a composite picture of what the Scott family’s struggle really meant.

The Foundation raised funds to commission and install the first and only statue of Dred Scott including his wife, Harriet, which stands outside the historic Old Courthouse in St. Louis, MO, where the Scotts sued for their freedom. The Foundation also erected a new memorial for Dred Scott at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis.

Jackson has created signature panels, “

Jackson is a graduate of S. Illinois University at Edwardsville and the Alleda Ward Wells Piano Studio of St. Louis. She has had a career in law and business in St. Louis. She has received numerous honors and awards for her heritage work including the Spirit of Justice Award from the St. Louis Bar Foundation and a Proclamation from the City of St. Louis.

Through its work, the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation aims to ensure that we never forget the struggle for freedom, citizenship and equality, with an eye towards helping to heal the wounds of the past.

Sources: https://www.thedredscottfoundation.org/dshf/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=104&Itemid=86

https://thedredscottfoundation.org/dshf/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=156&Itemid=53

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