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Abe Lincoln Helped Make Bob Newhart a Star
By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Thursday, July 18, 2024 The great dead-pan comedian Bob Newhart, who died today at age 94, became an...
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Jul 18, 20242 min read


Lincoln's Campaign Takes Fire from the Rear
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Friday, July 12, 2024 Another in a series of blogs about the tumultuous year of 1864, exactly 160...

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Jul 13, 20243 min read


160 Years Later – The Battles of Monocacy and Fort Stevens, and Lincoln Was There
By David J. Kent Washington, DC Monday, July 1, 2024 Another in a series about the tumultuous year of 1864, exactly 160 years ago. In the...

David J. Kent
Jul 1, 20243 min read


Lincoln Live at Ford's Theater
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Sunday, June 23, 2024 Abraham Lincoln will return to Ford's Theater, where he was mortally wounded in...
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Jun 23, 20242 min read


National Archives Plans to Add Emancipation Proclamation to Rotunda in 2026.
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Wednesday, June 19, 2024 The Emancipation Proclamation will go on permanent display in the rotunda of...
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Jun 19, 20243 min read


Testing the Lincoln Overload Theory
By Ed Epstein Chicago, Illinois Monday, June 17, 2024 Can a major city have too much of Abraham Lincoln? There's a corner of Chicago that...
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Jun 17, 20242 min read


Juneteenth in Washington, DC
by David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Thursday, June 13, 2024 On June 19, 1865, United States Army Major General Gordon Granger delivered to...

David J. Kent
Jun 13, 20242 min read


At the National Portrait Gallery: Iconic Lincoln Image on Exhibit
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. May 31, 2024 2024 is, of course, a presidential election year. In honor of the occasion, the...
abesgirl
Jun 10, 20243 min read


Lincoln is Renominated, But Doubts Remain
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Friday, June 7, 2024 Another in a series of blogs about the tumultuous year of 1864, exactly 160...

John O’Brien
Jun 7, 20243 min read


Join LGDC Members at the White House Happy Hour, June 6th
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Monday, June 3, 2024 Lincoln Group of DC members will again be spotlighted in the next White House...

David J. Kent
Jun 3, 20242 min read


Lincoln Again a No. 1 Best Seller, and Other New Books
By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Friday, May 31, 2024 Abraham Lincoln is back in a familiar position. A book about the 16th president and...
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May 31, 20243 min read


Disney Updates Its Stalwart Star, Abraham Lincoln
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 28, 2024 The Walt Disney Company is investing millions of dollars to update its...
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May 28, 20242 min read


Lincoln’s Second Inaugural and Logan’s Establishment of Memorial Day
By Rodney Ross Washington, D.C. Saturday, May 25, 2024 The final sentence of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural refers to the nation’s charge of...
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May 25, 20242 min read


Out With the Old, In With the New
By David J. Kent Washington, DC Wednesday, Mary 22, 2024 On Tuesday evening, May 21, 2024, I officially became “the old.” At that time, I...

David J. Kent
May 22, 20243 min read


Lost in the Excitement, Justice for Ft. Pillow
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Sunday, May 19, 2024 Another in a series of posts about the tumultuous events of 1864, exactly 160...

John O’Brien
May 19, 20243 min read


William Herndon, Descendant of Lincoln's Law Partner, Dies
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 9, 2024 William Henry Herndon Sr., the great-great-great grandson of the man with the...
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May 15, 20242 min read


Vote for New LGDC Board Members May 21
By David J. Kent Washington DC Sunday, May 12, 2024 The Lincoln Group of DC holds elections every two years in May, and 2024 is one of...

David J. Kent
May 12, 20243 min read


Join LGDC May 21st for Lincoln and the American System vs. Slavery
By David J. Kent Washington, DC Wednesday, May 8, 2024 The Lincoln Group of DC will meet to hold our final spring meeting on Tuesday, May...

David J. Kent
May 9, 20242 min read


Public Gains Access to Key Lincoln Document
By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Tuesday, May 7, 2024 The document from April 1861 in which President Lincoln ordered southern ports...
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May 7, 20242 min read


Grateful Lincoln Plants a Kiss
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Saturday, May 4, 2024 Lincoln wrote to U.S. Grant on April 30, 1864, five days before the Army of the...

John O’Brien
May 4, 20242 min read