Ken Burns is known for critically acclaimed presentations of American history through award winning films including The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), The National Parks (2009), and The Vietnam War (2017), among many others. Burns’ Tay Lecture entitled “Mystical Chords of Memory,” and inspired by the dramatic summation of Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address, will paint an intimate picture of the events of 1861 through 1865, and the Civil War’s relevance to Americans today. Hingham resident James B. Conroy, winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize in 2017 for his book, Lincoln’s White House: The People’s House in Wartime, will moderate the discussion.