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abesgirl
Mar 4, 20213 min read
160 Years Ago This Week…
By Wendy Swanson via Lincolnian Washington D.C. March 3, 2021 From the Lincoln Group Archives The above image shows the 1861 inaugural...
abesgirl
Mar 4, 20213 min read
A Close Look at Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
By Wendy Swanson via Lincolnian Washington D.C. March 3, 2021 From the Lincoln Group Archives This article provides additional...
David J. Kent
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Lincoln and Stone Protest Slavery
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Wednesday, March 3, 2021 On March 3, 1837, twenty-eight-year-old Lincoln was a state legislator in...
edepstein1
Mar 1, 20211 min read
1861 Lincoln Treasures on Display
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Monday, March 1, 2021 With the 160th anniversary of President Lincoln's momentous 1861 inauguration...
abesgirl
Feb 27, 20213 min read
The Night Teddy Came to Dinner to Salute Lincoln
Wendy Swanson via Lincolnian Washington D.C. Saturday, February 27, 2021 From the Lincoln Group Archives That whirlwind of energy and wit...
David J. Kent
Feb 27, 20213 min read
Cooper Union – The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Saturday, February 27, 2021 On February 27, 1860, a tall, lanky lawyer from Illinois gave a speech at a...
David J. Kent
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Abraham Lincoln and the Dakota 38
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Thursday, February 25, 2021 The recent pressure to remove Confederate statues has spilled over into...
John O’Brien
Feb 25, 20212 min read
A New Connection with Lincoln's Washington
By John O'Brien Washington D.C. Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Commerce Department Appointee Graves is descendant of Civil War Hotelier One...
edepstein1
Feb 24, 20213 min read
Review: CNN Offers a Complex Lincoln
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 In promoting its six-part series on the life of Abraham Lincoln, CNN says...
abesgirl
Feb 23, 20212 min read
Lincoln's Road to Emancipation Remembered
By Wendy Swanson via Lincolnian Washington D.C. February 23, 2021 The above photograph shows Elizabeth Thomas with Civil War veterans at...
David J. Kent
Feb 23, 20212 min read
When Abraham Lincoln Appointed a 10th Supreme Court Justice
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Abraham Lincoln is the only president to appoint a tenth justice to the...
David J. Kent
Feb 23, 20212 min read
Black Lives Certainly Mattered to Abraham Lincoln, Says Historian
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Noted historian Jonathan W. White took exception to San Francisco's recent...
David J. Kent
Feb 23, 20212 min read
The Misguided Idea of Targeting Abraham Lincoln and Other Statues
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Tuesday, February 23, 2021 San Francisco targets Abraham Lincoln schools for renaming. Chicago targets...
David J. Kent
Feb 23, 20212 min read
Did Abraham Lincoln Have Dual Citizenship with the Republic of San Marino?
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809. But in 1861, as the Civil War...
edepstein1
Feb 22, 20212 min read
San Francisco Gives Lincoln a Reprieve
By Edward Epstein Washington D.C. Monday, February 22, 2021 Facing widespread scorn, San Francisco's school board says it will reconsider...
David J. Kent
Feb 22, 20212 min read
Abraham Lincoln Promoted Black Voting Rights
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Monday, February 22, 2021 Abraham Lincoln is best known for his Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg...
David J. Kent
Feb 21, 20212 min read
Six Historians Talk About Abraham Lincoln
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Sunday, February 21, 2021 Everyone knows everything about Abraham Lincoln, right? Six historians think...
Lincoln Group News Archive
Feb 20, 20213 min read
Burlingame Previews New Work on Lincoln and Colonization
John O'Brien Washington D.C. February 15, 2021 Author Speaks at Lincoln Birthday Celebration Dr. Michael Burlingame, distinguished...
John O’Brien
Feb 20, 20212 min read
It is Fitting and Proper that We Honor Abraham Lincoln
Statement by the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia supporting Lincoln images in the public square Washington D.C. February 12,...
David J. Kent
Feb 19, 20212 min read
Why Was the Emancipation Memorial Statue in Boston Removed?
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Friday, February 19, 2021 As part of my series on Confederate monuments I recently examined why the...