Join us for a discussion with the author of WIDE AWAKE: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred The Civil War. Jon Grinspan (Curator of Political History at the Smithsonian) chronicles the story of an extraordinary group of young people whose patience with the status quo and the powers that perpetuated slavery boiled over into a powerful youth movement (of which Robert Lincoln was a member). What did they tap into and how were they able to galvanize so many people into a force that helped to change the course of history? It is a cautionary tale with tremendous relevance for today.