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Lincoln's Faith and The Greeley Letter
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Thursday, August 22, 2024 On August 22, 1862, New York Tribune publisher Horace Greeley was...
John O’Brien
Aug 22, 20243 min read
Time to Apply for the Annual ALA/ALI Dissertation Award
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Monday, August 19, 2024 The Lincoln Group of DC (LGDC) has for many years supported education about...
David J. Kent
Aug 19, 20242 min read
Haggling Over Presidential Debate Arrangements - Lincoln-Douglas Edition
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Tuesday, August 6, 2024 Stephen A. Douglas had been selected by the Illinois State Legislature to serve...
David J. Kent
Aug 6, 20242 min read
Taylor Swift Weighs in on Abraham Lincoln
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado August 3, 2024 Country and pop star Taylor Swift has long shown her appreciation for Abraham Lincoln....
John O’Brien
Aug 3, 20244 min read
A Day with Lincoln in DC - Ford's After Hours
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...
David J. Kent
Jul 29, 20243 min read
Remembering Peter Carmichael
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Monday, July 22, 2024 Peter Carmichael, Gettysburg College’s Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War...
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Jul 22, 20242 min read
Abe Lincoln Helped Make Bob Newhart a Star
By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Thursday, July 18, 2024 The great dead-pan comedian Bob Newhart, who died today at age 94, became an...
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Jul 18, 20242 min read
Lincoln's Campaign Takes Fire from the Rear
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Friday, July 12, 2024 Another in a series of blogs about the tumultuous year of 1864, exactly 160...
John O’Brien
Jul 13, 20243 min read
Lincoln Live at Ford's Theater
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Sunday, June 23, 2024 Abraham Lincoln will return to Ford's Theater, where he was mortally wounded in...
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Jun 23, 20242 min read
National Archives Plans to Add Emancipation Proclamation to Rotunda in 2026.
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Wednesday, June 19, 2024 The Emancipation Proclamation will go on permanent display in the rotunda of...
abesgirl
Jun 19, 20243 min read
Testing the Lincoln Overload Theory
By Ed Epstein Chicago, Illinois Monday, June 17, 2024 Can a major city have too much of Abraham Lincoln? There's a corner of Chicago that...
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Jun 17, 20242 min read
At the National Portrait Gallery: Iconic Lincoln Image on Exhibit
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. May 31, 2024 2024 is, of course, a presidential election year. In honor of the occasion, the...
abesgirl
Jun 10, 20243 min read
Lincoln is Renominated, But Doubts Remain
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Friday, June 7, 2024 Another in a series of blogs about the tumultuous year of 1864, exactly 160...
John O’Brien
Jun 7, 20243 min read
Lincoln Again a No. 1 Best Seller, and Other New Books
By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Friday, May 31, 2024 Abraham Lincoln is back in a familiar position. A book about the 16th president and...
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May 31, 20243 min read
Disney Updates Its Stalwart Star, Abraham Lincoln
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 28, 2024 The Walt Disney Company is investing millions of dollars to update its...
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May 28, 20242 min read
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural and Logan’s Establishment of Memorial Day
By Rodney Ross Washington, D.C. Saturday, May 25, 2024 The final sentence of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural refers to the nation’s charge of...
abesgirl
May 25, 20242 min read
Out With the Old, In With the New
By David J. Kent Washington, DC Wednesday, Mary 22, 2024 On Tuesday evening, May 21, 2024, I officially became “the old.” At that time, I...
David J. Kent
May 22, 20243 min read
Lost in the Excitement, Justice for Ft. Pillow
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Sunday, May 19, 2024 Another in a series of posts about the tumultuous events of 1864, exactly 160...
John O’Brien
May 19, 20243 min read
William Herndon, Descendant of Lincoln's Law Partner, Dies
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 9, 2024 William Henry Herndon Sr., the great-great-great grandson of the man with the...
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May 15, 20242 min read
Vote for New LGDC Board Members May 21
By David J. Kent Washington DC Sunday, May 12, 2024 The Lincoln Group of DC holds elections every two years in May, and 2024 is one of...
David J. Kent
May 12, 20243 min read