By Ed Epstein Washington D.C. Monday, April 20, 2026 A museum of more than 20,000 square feet celebrating the life and vision of Thaddeus Stevens, the Radical Republican from Pennsylvania who prodded President Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and then pushed for the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery, will open on May 2 in downtown Lancaster, Pa., the town where he lived for many years and where he is buried. The new museum in downtown Lancaster, Pa., open

Washington, D.C. April 15, 2026 Lincoln Group scholar-members recently presented a program, timed to the 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence, about Abraham Lincoln and his "empowering reverence" for the Declaration. Many historians describe Lincoln as the last of the Founders or the son of the Founders. Lincoln himself said that he never had a political thought that did not come from the Declaration and its promise that "all men are created equal" and t

By Jeffrey Boutwell Columbia, Maryland April 13, 2026 Frederick Douglass was there, as was Ulysses S. Grant, both to help celebrate the 150 th anniversary, on Saturday April 11, of the unveiling of the Emancipation Memorial statue in Lincoln Park in Washington, DC. Civil War reenactors at the Lincoln Park event As was the case at the original ceremony on April 14, 1876, attended by over 20,000 people, Douglass (portrayed by Darius Wallace) gave a spirited dedication speech w

By Jeffrey Boutwell Columbia, Md. Monday, April 6, 2026 Redlands, California, an hour east of Pasadena on the way to Palm Springs in the desert, would seem an unlikely spot for a heartfelt memorial to Abraham Lincoln.  Though our 16th president and wife Mary had expressed hopes of visiting California and the American West following his second term in office, it wasn’t to be. Instead, Lincoln’s presence in Southern California would have to wait until 1932, when Robert and Alma

by David J. Kent Washington, DC Monday, March 30, 2026 Washington's Emancipation Memorial, often called the Freedmen's Memorial, celebrates the 150th anniversary of its dedication on Saturday April 11, 2026. And the Lincoln Group of DC will be represented. Everyone's invited to this free program. Immediately after hearing of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, a formerly enslaved woman named Charlotte Scott offered $5 to create a memorial honoring Lincoln. She was soon followed