For 17 years now and with averaging over 250 performances a year, Dennis Boggs is now a fulltime Lincoln Presenter from Nashville, Tennessee, who travels from coast to coast, presenting President Lincoln for schools, colleges and universities, civic groups, museums, Chautauqua events, library programs, Civil War roundtables, storytelling festivals, motivational speaking programs, churches, as well as many other special events and venues, including several Chapters of the Colonial Dames in Vero Beach, Florida, West Palm Beach, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida and also, St. Augustine, Florida. He has also been asked to speak to The Children of the Daughters of the American Revolution and also The Sons of the American Revolution, as well as for several Chautauqua events, including the Two Rivers Chautauqua in Grand Junction, Colorado; The Natural State Chautauqua in El Dorado, Arkansas; and The Keene Chautauqua in Keene, New Hampshire. Mr. Boggs is also asked to speak on numerous occasions, including the 'Gettysburg programs,' at Lincoln Memorial University.
Many of his other credits include 2 documentaries for the History Channel, Being Lincoln and Looking for Lincoln, as well as being highly featured on several PBS (Public Broadcasting System) programming stations. He has appeared on the world famous stage of the Grand Ole Opry, and he has also presented President Lincoln for many programs with the United States National Park Services including the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site (Flat Rock, North Carolina), The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site (Plains, Georgia), Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (Middlesboro, Kentucky), The Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus (Columbus, Georgia), Stones River Battlefield (Murfreesboro, Tennessee), Vicksburg National Military Park (Vicksburg, Mississippi), and the Andersonville National Historic Site (Andersonville, Georgia). He has also presented President Lincoln for The Assocation of Shortline Railroads in Orlando, Florida, as well as the 150th Anniversary of the Union Pacific Railroad in San Antonio, Texas, and also for a historical event for the Iowa Interstate Railroad.
Mr. Boggs has also presented President Lincoln at numerous living history events as well as several national Civil War reenactments including The 140th Anniversary of the Reenactment of the Battle of Franklin (Franklin, Tennessee) and The 145th Anniversary of the Reenactment of the Battle of Chickamauga (Chickamauga, Georgia) with the latter being attended by Vice-President Dick Cheney as the keynote speaker. He has presented programs for the Washington, D.C. Historical Society and was also awarded "First Place" in The National Abraham Lincoln Look Alike & Oratorical Competition (Decatur, Illinois), and Mr. Boggs has even had the honor and privilege of presenting President Lincoln at The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
For more information regarding Dennis Boggs and his Meet Mr. Lincoln program, please feel free to contact him at (615) 874-8028 - home, (615) 943-7742 - cell, or email dboggs@meetmrlincoln.com.
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