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Abraham Lincoln Institute Updates 2021 Virtual Symposium Speakers
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Saturday, March 13, 2021 The Abraham Lincoln Institute (ALI) has updated its list of speakers for their...

David J. Kent
Mar 13, 20211 min read


Lincoln Study Forum Dives Deep into "How the South Won the Civil War"
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Tuesday, March 9, 2021 The Lincoln Group Study Forum continues its review of How the South Won the Civil...

David J. Kent
Mar 10, 20211 min read


Samuel Seymour Had a Lincoln Secret
Edward Epstein Washington D.C. Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Samuel Seymour was 96 years old and he had a secret. On the Feb. 8, 1956, edition...
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Mar 9, 20212 min read


ALPLM Picks New Executive Director
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Monday, March 8, 2021 The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) in Springfield,...

David J. Kent
Mar 9, 20211 min read


How Abraham Lincoln Started HBCUs, At Least Indirectly
By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Saturday, March 6, 2021 Abraham Lincoln is responsible for the creation of Historically Black Colleges...

David J. Kent
Mar 6, 20211 min read


A Day in the Life of the Lincoln Group
By Wendy Swanson via Lincolnian Washington D.C. March 4, 2021 From the Lincoln Group Archives Lincoln Group members and friends...
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Mar 5, 20211 min read


Catch Up on New Lincoln Books
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Tuesday, March 2, 2021 The flow of new books about Abraham Lincoln just keeps gushing, and the Lincoln...
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Mar 4, 20211 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...
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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...
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Mar 4, 20213 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...

David J. Kent
Mar 3, 20212 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...
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Mar 1, 20211 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...
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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 27, 20213 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...

David J. Kent
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...

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Feb 25, 20212 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...
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Feb 24, 20213 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...
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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
