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Aug 29, 20223 min

The Lincoln Group Reaches Out: Teaching Lincoln

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Monday, August 29, 2022 Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system...

Abraham Lincoln: Problem Solver, Innovator, Inventor

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Aug 28, 20223 min

Abraham Lincoln: Problem Solver, Innovator, Inventor

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Sunday, August 27, 2022 Lincoln’s original patent model was acquired by the Smithsonian in 1908. This...

LGDC President to Appear on "A House Divided" with Daniel Weinberg

David J. Kent

Aug 26, 20223 min

LGDC President to Appear on "A House Divided" with Daniel Weinberg

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Thursday, August 25, 2022 This has been a busy year for the Lincoln Group of DC, and for LGDC president...

Chicago to Keep Lincoln Memorials, but Changes Possible

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Aug 21, 20223 min

Chicago to Keep Lincoln Memorials, but Changes Possible

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Sunday, August, 21, 2022 A committee appointed by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in early 2021 to study...

Unexpected Lincoln - in Muskegon, Michigan!

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Aug 18, 20222 min

Unexpected Lincoln - in Muskegon, Michigan!

by Janet Saros Washington, D.C. Thursday, August 18, 2022 During a recent family vacation on the western side of my home state, I took a...

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Aug 15, 20223 min

No Back-Down in Abraham Lincoln

By Craig Howell Washington, D.C. Monday, August15, 2022 Save the Date - October 1 - for Our Annual Picnic/Tour This year our focus will...

Hold the Date - September 17 at Congressional Cemetery for Brady, Lincoln, and Douglass

David J. Kent

Aug 8, 20222 min

Hold the Date - September 17 at Congressional Cemetery for Brady, Lincoln, and Douglass

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Sunday, August 7, 2022 Many Lincoln Group members attended Craig Howell’s tour of Congressional...

Lincoln Presidential Foundation Makes Huge Announcement

David J. Kent

Aug 4, 20222 min

Lincoln Presidential Foundation Makes Huge Announcement

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Wednesday, August 4, 2022 The Lincoln Presidential Foundation (the Foundation), based in Springfield,...

American Prophet: Frederick Douglass in His Own Words

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Aug 3, 20223 min

American Prophet: Frederick Douglass in His Own Words

By Rod Ross Washington, D.C. Wednesday, August 3, 2022 You owe it to yourself to catch the “world-premiere musical” currently playing at...

Once Alexandria's Slave Pen, The Freedom House Museum is Now Open

David J. Kent

Aug 1, 20223 min

Once Alexandria's Slave Pen, The Freedom House Museum is Now Open

By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Monday, August 1, 2022 Old Town Alexandria has a lot to offer. Many of us have strolled the historic...

David J. Kent

Jul 27, 20224 min

Abraham Lincoln on the Value of Science

By David J. Kent Washington, DC Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Abraham Lincoln understood the value of science to ordinary Americans. Lincoln’s...

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Jul 26, 20223 min

Happy Anniversary Lincoln Papers!

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Tuesday, July 26, 2022 The Lincoln Papers collection in the Library of Congress includes not only...

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Jul 25, 20223 min

Lincoln Is No. 1, but Questions Loom

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Monday, July 25, 2022 The fact that there are more monuments to Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. than...

Welcoming LGDC Board Members New and Old

David J. Kent

Jul 24, 20223 min

Welcoming LGDC Board Members New and Old

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Thursday, July 21, 2022 I recently thanked our outgoing treasurer Matt Perdoni and welcomed our new...

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Jul 22, 20222 min

Why Lincoln and Science?

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Friday, July 22, 2022 Lincoln Group President David J. Kent’s latest book, Lincoln: The Fire of Genus,...

The Day Lincoln Decided for Emancipation

John O’Brien

Jul 21, 20222 min

The Day Lincoln Decided for Emancipation

By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Friday, July 22, 2022 The Emancipation Proclamation is still thought of as “the most revolutionary...

David J. Kent

Jul 20, 20222 min

Thank You, Matt; Welcome, Janet

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Wednesday, July 20, 2022 The Lincoln Group of DC held a meeting of the Board on June 25, 2022, which...

Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune Unveiled in Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol

David J. Kent

Jul 15, 20222 min

Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune Unveiled in Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Friday, July 15, 2022 Mary McLeod Bethune is now in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol. The Bethune...

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Jul 11, 20224 min

When Lincoln Came Under Enemy Fire

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Monday, July 11, 2022 Washington, DC’s Fort Stevens was the site of the only Civil War battle that...

Lincoln Group Donates Lincoln Books to the Incarcerated

David J. Kent

Jul 1, 20223 min

Lincoln Group Donates Lincoln Books to the Incarcerated

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Friday, July 1, 2022 The Lincoln Group of DC has accumulated many Lincoln and Civil War books over the...

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