By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Sunday, May 4, 2025 Abraham Lincoln was laid to rest in Springfield, Illinois, 160 years ago on May...

By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Saturday, March 29, 2025 The state of Illinois says it will spend $8 million to repair some of the...

By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Sunday, March 23, 2025 Ford's Theatre, the landmark so closely associated with Abraham Lincoln, this week...

By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Wednesday, February 12, 2025 It was a cold and snowy morning today at the Lincoln Memorial, but that...

By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Monday, December 30, 2024 In September 1978, President Jimmy Carter hosted Egyptian President Anwar Sadat...

By Jeffrey Boutwell Columbia, MD October 15, 2024 No, three members of the Lincoln Group of DC were not visiting the IRS offices in...

By Debbie Jackson Washington, D.C. October 9, 2024 Many, if not most, may already be familiar with one of the longest-operating Lincoln...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Friday, October 4, 2024 Technically, Augustus Saint-Gaudens was born in Dublin, Ireland, and from the...

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Saturday, September 28, 2024 Take a deep dive into Herbert Mitgang’s play, Mister Lincoln, when...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Sometimes you find Abraham Lincoln in unexpected places. Take Hartford,...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Thursday, September 12, 2024 Most Lincoln Group of DC members have heard of Charles Forbes. But did you...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Tuesday, August 6, 2024 Stephen A. Douglas had been selected by the Illinois State Legislature to serve...

By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado August 3, 2024 Country and pop star Taylor Swift has long shown her appreciation for Abraham Lincoln....

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C, Monday, July 29, 2024 Ford's Theatre plays an important role in the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. It was...

By David J. Kent Washington, DC Monday, July 1, 2024 Another in a series about the tumultuous year of 1864, exactly 160 years ago. In the...

by David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Thursday, June 13, 2024 On June 19, 1865, United States Army Major General Gordon Granger delivered to...

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. May 31, 2024 2024 is, of course, a presidential election year. In honor of the occasion, the...

By David J. Kent Washington, DC Saturday, April 27, 2024 We all know John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. And...

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Saturday, April 20, 2024 The Lincoln Memorial, Washington's most-visited monument, makes a brief but...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Tuesday, April 2, 2024 As we've shown in our periodic Unexpected Lincoln series, connections to Abraham...