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Join Us on September 22 to Honor Lincoln the Emancipator
The Lincoln Group is honored to have been asked to chair the committee putting together this free, outdoor public event. The dedication...
edepstein1
6 days ago1 min read


Apply for the ALI/ALA Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize
by David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Working on a PhD? Finished your dissertation? Then now is the time to apply...

David J. Kent
Aug 131 min read


Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" Back in the News
By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Wednesday, August 7, 2025 Big-time blogger, podcaster, and historian Heather Cox Richardson narrated...
edepstein1
Aug 63 min read


The Double Double Lincoln of England
By David J. Kent Washington, DC Thursday, July 31, 2025 Abraham Lincoln is everywhere, it seems, as I recently discovered on a road trip...

David J. Kent
Jul 314 min read


Lincoln Group Studies New View of Reconstruction - See the Video
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Thursday, July 24, 2025 The Lincoln Study Forum just concluded a multi-session review of a...

John O’Brien
Jul 242 min read


Chasing Lincoln Across Upstate New York
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Friday, July 18, 2025 Abraham Lincoln traveled through upstate New York in early 1861 on his way to...

David J. Kent
Jul 183 min read


D.C. African American Museum to Unveil New Lincoln Statue
By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Thursday, July 10, 2025 A poignant statue depicting a seated President Abraham Lincoln signing the...
edepstein1
Jul 102 min read


Finding Abraham Lincoln in Richmond
By David J. Kent Washington, DC Monday, July 7, 2025 Lincoln and Tad Abraham Lincoln went to Richmond, Virginia, once in his life. In...

David J. Kent
Jul 73 min read


Watch Ed Steers Recount Tales from Uncovering 3,000 Items of Lincoln Memorabilia
Author Ed Steers, Jr. shared the fascinating tales of his exploration of 3,000 items of Lincoln memorabilia from 1980-1981.
kelsey.sara.johnston
Jun 272 min read


Righteous Strife Tells of Lincoln's Faith, Religious Nationalism and Civil War
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Sunday, June 22, 2025 Oxford University emeritus professor and Lincoln scholar Richard Carwardine...

John O’Brien
Jun 223 min read


Juneteenth in D.C. Looks Back to Civil War, Forward to Lincoln
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Thursday, June 19, 2025 The African American Civil War Memorial and Museum marked Juneteenth today by...
edepstein1
Jun 192 min read


Lincoln Autographed Freedom Documents for Sale in Time for Juneteenth
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Wednesday, June 18, 2025 What a happy coincidence that the Emancipation Proclamation and the...

John O’Brien
Jun 182 min read


Lincoln Backs Zachary Taylor for President
By David J. Kent Washington, DC Friday, June 13, 2024 On June 11, 1848, Congressman Abraham Lincoln arrived back in Washington, D.C.,...

David J. Kent
Jun 132 min read


Huge Mural Remembers Lincoln's 'Lost Speech'
By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 28, 2025 For a speech that was supposedly lost to history because no one wrote it down as...
edepstein1
May 282 min read


LGDC's Ed Steers Wins Lincoln Award
By David J. Kent Washington, DC Wednesday, May 28, 2025 LGDC's own Ed Steers has won a Lincoln Award! On May 27, longtime member and...

David J. Kent
May 282 min read


Booth is Back and Baltimore’s Got Him!
By Janet Saros Boyds, Maryland Sunday, May 25, 2025 The stage awaits Booth to tell his version of history. The world premiere of Matthew...
abesgirl
May 253 min read


Auction of Lincoln Artifacts Raises $8 Million
By David J. Kent Washington, DC Thursday, May 22, 2025 A major auction of Abraham Lincoln artifacts held May 21, 2025, brought in...

David J. Kent
May 222 min read


Lincolnian News Hits 500 Posts and is Going Strong
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Monday, May 19, 2025 Four years ago, the Lincoln Group of DC took a bold step to completely revamp...

John O’Brien
May 192 min read


"Unflinching" Play About Booth Premieres in Baltimore
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Entertainment A-listers are behind "John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only," a new...
edepstein1
May 142 min read


Abraham Lincoln, the Pope, and the Creoles
By David J. Kent Washington, DC Friday, May 9, 2025 All the world is agog this week as the papal conclave selected a new pope. In a puff...

David J. Kent
May 103 min read