By: Kelsey Johnston Baltimore, Maryland Feb. 3 2026 Raymond McKoski is a retired circuit court judge in suburban Chicago who now teaches law at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He recently joined Lincoln Group members to discuss his new book, "David Davis - Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Judge," and how life on the Illinois court circuit shaped the destinies of these two great men. Judge David Davis was one of Abraham Lincoln’s closest political associates. Lincoln was a ci

By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Monday, February 2, 2026 Corrects the date of the program's premiere to Saturday Feb. 7 The video of the moving ceremony last September 22, at which a statue of a seated President Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation was dedicated, will debut this Saturday evening, February 7, on C-SPAN2's American History TV. Part of the crowd at the Sept. 22 event. That's President Lincoln at the center behind the wreath, surrounded by admirin

By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Jan. 27, 2026 "Lincoln," a new symphony by 88-year-old American composer Philip Glass, won't have its world premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington as Glass joins a long line of artists to boycott the center in protest of President Donald Trump's renaming of the center for himself. "Glass' Symphony No. 15," as it's formally named, draws its inspiration in good part on the words of young Abraham Lincoln's1838 Lyceum speech in Springfield, Il

By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Friday, January 23, 2026 The Trump administration wants to hold an IndyCar race this summer on the National Mall, including around the Lincoln Memorial, but the idea faces opposition from congressional Democrats, according to reports. Punchbowl News , a daily newsletter that covers Congress in detail, reported this morning that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has told congressional leaders the plan calls for a race on Friday, August 21. The

By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Thursday, January 22, 2026 The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia is proud to have a subgroup dedicated to Lincoln scholarship that has been working for a decade. The Study Forum has been meeting once each month for more than ten years, reading books about Lincoln and his era. From Michael Burlingame's 2-volume Green Monster ( Abraham Lincoln: A Life ) to Lincoln's Sense of Humor , the Forum has taken on in depth studies in an inform