02/05/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/05/2026 09:13
John Shultz
VP for marketing and admissions
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913-758-6329
(Leavenworth, Kansas) - The University of Saint Mary and the National WWI Museum and Memorial are proud to present the 27th Annual Lincoln Event "The Radical Fund: A Story of Money, Justice and Power in a War-Made World" on Feb. 19 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Discover the astonishing story of a lost world of men and women who remade American democracy amid the reverberations of the Great War with John Fabian Witt, professor at Yale Law School and author of Pulitzer Prize finalist "Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History" and most recently, "The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America."
Date: Feb. 19, 2026
Location: National WWI Museum and Memorial
Pre-Event Reception: 6 p.m.
Program Begins: 7 p.m.
Registration: https://www.theworldwar.org/events/radical-fund
The event is free with registration and will also be livestreamed through the National WWI Museum and Memorial YouTube account.
About the USM Lincoln Event Series
The University of Saint Mary started the annual Lincoln series in 1999 to spotlight the Hall Lincoln Collection, housed in USM's Keleher Learning Commons. Over the years, USM's primary Lincoln Event has welcomed a variety of luminaries for the featured speaker. Previous guests have included politicians, historians, U.S. Army generals, best-selling authors, and actors who've portrayed First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and President Lincoln himself.
The University of Saint Mary is a Catholic co-educational applied liberal arts university founded and sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. The University of Saint Mary main campus is located at 4100 South 4th Street, Leavenworth, Kan. USM-Johnson County, at 11221 Roe Ave., offers evening accelerated graduate and undergraduate degree-completion programs. The university also offers online programs. Visit stmary.edu for more information.