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The President is Dead
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Thursday, April 15, 2021 The mood in Washington was euphoric. After four long years the war was nearly...
David J. Kent
Apr 15, 20212 min read
Making the Case for Honoring Lincoln
By Edward Epstein Washington D.C. Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Abraham Lincoln needs your help. In Chicago, in the very heart of Lincoln...
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Apr 14, 20213 min read
Lincoln Visits the Ironclad Montauk Hours Before His Assassination
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Wednesday, April 14, 2021 April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln’s last day alive, was a busy one. Included was...
David J. Kent
Apr 14, 20212 min read
Eyewitness: Dr. Charles A. Leale on the Lincoln Assassination
By Wendy Swanson via Lincolnian Washington D.C. April 12, 2021 From the Lincoln Group Archives This Wednesday, April 14, is the 156th...
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Apr 13, 20213 min read
Lincoln Group Member's Research Leads to Publication and Activism
By Wendy Swanson via Lincolnian Washington D.C. April 11, 2021 From a Carl Adams Article in the Lincoln Group Archives A thumbnail sketch...
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Apr 12, 20213 min read
Lincoln Group Member Traces Pedigree to Greeley Letter
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Saturday, April 10, 2021 Abraham Lincoln’s response to Horace Greeley’s “The Prayer of Twenty Millions”...
David J. Kent
Apr 10, 20213 min read
San Francisco Keeps Lincoln Name on School
By Edward Epstein Washington D.C. Wednesday, April 7, 2021 It was back in January that the San Francisco school board voted to drop the...
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Apr 7, 20212 min read
Lincoln Group and Illinois State Society Team Up to Protect Lincoln Statues
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Monday, April 5, 2021 JOIN US APRIL 13, 2021 FOR AN IMPORTANT PANEL DISCUSSION: ADVANCED REGISTRATION...
David J. Kent
Apr 6, 20211 min read
Lincoln Group Members Take on Prominent Roles at ALI
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Sunday, April 4, 2021 Several members of the Lincoln Group of DC have recently taken on prominent roles...
David J. Kent
Apr 4, 20212 min read
"Conspiracy: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln"
By Wendy Swanson Washington D.C. Friday, April 2, 2021 April 13 presentation to DC Civil War Round Table (more information is available...
abesgirl
Apr 3, 20212 min read
Remembering Everett Ladd: A Gentleman and A Scholar
By Wendy Swanson Washington D.C. Friday, April 2, 2021 The Lincoln Group sadly reports the recent loss of Everett Ladd. He passed away...
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Apr 2, 20212 min read
ALI Announces Legacy Awards for Outstanding Lincoln Scholarship
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Thursday, April 1, 2021 The Abraham Lincoln Institute (ALI), based in Washington, D.C., has announced...
David J. Kent
Apr 1, 20212 min read
The President and the Historians
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Saturday, March 27, 2021 President Joe Biden apparently had an unpublicized meeting on March 2nd with a...
David J. Kent
Mar 28, 20212 min read
Lincoln in Washington Zoom Tour March 29
By John O'Brien Washington, D.C Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Discover what Washington, D.C., was like for President Abraham Lincoln under...
John O’Brien
Mar 25, 20211 min read
David McCullough says D.C. is Lincoln's town
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Back in the April-May 1986 issue of American Heritage magazine, the great...
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Mar 24, 20212 min read
Center for Lincoln Studies Debuts at University of Illinois-Springfield
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Wednesday, March 24, 2021 On February 12, 2021, Abraham Lincoln's birthday, a new birth of freedom arose...
David J. Kent
Mar 24, 20211 min read
Lincoln comes off well in CNN series
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Monday, March 22, 2021 CNN let critics of President Abraham Lincoln have their say in the six-part...
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Mar 22, 20212 min read
Campaign for Memorial Penny in 2022
John O'Brien Washington, D.C. Saturday, March 20, 2021 The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in 1922. Next year we will celebrate the...
John O’Brien
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Abe Wins Another Award
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Monday, March 22, 2021 David Reynolds has been on a roll. His book, Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times,...
David J. Kent
Mar 22, 20211 min read
The Lincolns Visit the Patent Office
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Wednesday, March 17, 2021 On March 17, 1863, President Lincoln and his wife, Mary, tour the Patent...
David J. Kent
Mar 17, 20212 min read