By: Kelsey Johnston Baltimore, Maryland February 23, 2026 The Lincoln Group of DC and the Civil War Roundtable of the District of Columbia hosted a joint birthday celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 217th birthday on February 10, 2026. The group met in-person and virtually to celebrate with a special guest. Frederick Douglass portrayer Nathan Richardson joined the groups to discuss the connection between Douglass, Lincoln, and the Declaration of Independence. The program was esp

by David J. Kent Washington, DC Friday, February 20, 2026 The annual Abraham Lincoln Institute (ALI) Symposium will be held at Ford's Theatre on March 21, 2026, and the Lincoln Group of DC will be featured. This is the first of a series of posts highlighting the upcoming symposium. As mentioned previously , the ALI Symposium this year is a huge change from previous years. Rather than five authors speaking about their books, 2026 will have four panels, each with a pair of spea

By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. February 12, 2026 For a guy who's been gone since 1865, Abraham Lincoln proved today on his 217th birthday that he can still draw a crowd. The Lincoln Group's memorial wreath inside the Lincoln Memorial chamber. Some two dozen memorial wreaths were placed at the foot of the epic sculpture by Daniel Chester French of a seated Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial at the west end of the National Mall in the nation's capital. The wreaths came from th

By Bill Shepherd Feb. 10, 2026 Note: This article first appeared on the Lincoln250.org blog, which is devoted to Abraham Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence. On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln offered the nation his vision of the true meaning of the sacrifices made on the Gettysburg battlefield. In the first sentence of his speech,  Lincoln transported us back to 1776 and the remarkable promise made in the Declaration of Independence — “all men are created e

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