The Matthew J. Ryan Center of Villanova University cordially invites you to attend a national conference on the legacy of Abraham Lincoln at The Union League of Philadelphia and Villanova University on February 12-13, 2009 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The Matthew J. Ryan Center for the Study of Free Institutions and the Public Good will co-sponsor the two-day program along with The Villanova Center for Liberal Education, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and The Honorable Dennis M. O'Brien, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Member of the Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.