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Join Us for the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation/Freedmen's Memorial

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

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Lincoln to Return to Gettysburg This November

By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Friday, March 13, 2026 President Abraham Lincoln will again arrive by steam train at Gettysburg, Pa., this time on November 18, 2026, just as he did back in 1863 on the day before he delivered his 272-word Gettysburg Address, a speech that still resonates today. This November's arrival of Lincoln, portrayed by actor Billy Campbell, will kick off two days of festivities to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence and help the public fo

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Mar 132 min read

Abraham Lincoln on Democracy

by David J. Kent Washington, DC Thursday, March 12, 2026 The annual Abraham Lincoln Institute (ALI) Symposium will be held at Ford's Theatre on March 21, 2026, and the very special program is not to be missed. This is the third of a series of posts highlighting the upcoming symposium. The ALI Symposium this year will have four panels featuring some of the most preeminent scholars on their topics in a discussion moderated by a renowned journalist. Each panel has a theme relate

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Mar 122 min read

Don't Miss Panel 2 at the ALI Symposium

by David J. Kent Washington, DC Saturday, March 7, 2026 The annual Abraham Lincoln Institute (ALI) Symposium will be held at Ford's Theatre on March 21, 2026, and the very special program is not to be missed. This is the second of a series of posts highlighting the upcoming symposium. The ALI Symposium this year will have four panels featuring some of the most preeminent scholars on their topics in a discussion moderated by a renowned journalist. Each panel has a theme relate

David J. Kent

Mar 72 min read

Lincoln in New England: In Search of His Forgotten Tours - The Videos

by David J. Kent Washington, DC Tuesday, March 3, 2026 In recognition of the release day of the Lincoln Group of DC Immediate Past President David J. Kent's new book, Lincoln in New England: In Search of His Forgotten Tours , David have begun posting a series of short videos about Lincoln and the New England states . Each video is less than ten minutes in length and covers Lincoln's connections to one state per video. There is info about Lincoln's visits (if any) and tidbits

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Mar 32 min read

ALI Symposium at Ford's Theatre to Feature Lincoln Group of DC Presence

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

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Feb 202 min read

Free Tickets Now Available for ALI Symposium - Plus Musical Guests Added!

by David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Thursday, January 22, 2026 The Lincoln Group of DC is co-sponsoring the annual Abraham Lincoln Institute (ALI) Symposium at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC on March 21, 2026. And now you can order your free tickets. Order here: https://fords.org/event/abraham-lincoln-institute-symposium/ We highly recommend you reserve your free tickets now as this year we have a special format and many special guests, including David Rubenstein, some Pulitz

David J. Kent

Jan 221 min read

ALI Symposium at Ford's Theatre Goes Big Time - Save the Date

By David J. Kent Washington, DC Sunday, January 11, 2026 The Abraham Lincoln Institute, with co-sponsorship from the Lincoln Group of D.C., will present the annual ALI Symposium at Ford's Theatre on Saturday, March 21, 2026 . As I previewed before , the Lincoln Group proposed that ALI do a special program that honors Abraham Lincoln's commitment to the Declaration of Independence and the aspiration that "all men are created equal" to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declarat

David J. Kent

Jan 123 min read

Amid the Celebrations of 2026, Lincoln Matters

By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Dec. 31, 2025 Lincoln250.org The dawning year of 2026 will bring the 250th anniversary -- the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence -- and amid all the celebrations it's important to remember the message of Abraham Lincoln, the Declaration's fiercest, most-steadfast advocate. Lincoln understood that the Declaration's "proposition that all men (all people in today's terms) are created equal" was not a statement of fact, but rather

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Dec 31, 20252 min read

Big Changes to ALI's 2026 Symposium, LGDC Co-Sponsoring, and a New Format

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Monday, October 27, 2025 The Lincoln Group of DC reached out to all of the Abraham Lincoln-related groups in 2023 seeking collaborations on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—and the United States—occurring in 2026. We recently announced one of those collaborations in which we teamed up with the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA) to create Lincoln250.org , a website to highlight Abraham Lincoln's strong admiration for th

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Oct 27, 20253 min read