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Unexpected Lincoln: Mary and Robert Lincoln Go to Manchester, Vermont
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Sunday, October 1, 2023 Mary Lincoln hated Washington, especially during the pestilent humidity of the...

David J. Kent
Oct 1, 20233 min read


We're Going to Parse Lincoln's Greatest Words -- Join in
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Thursday, September 28, 2023 Eight score years ago, exactly, Abraham Lincoln rose before a crowd in...
edepstein1
Sep 28, 20232 min read


Zelensky Draws Inspiration from Lincoln
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Monday, September 25, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky apparently knows inspiring words...
edepstein1
Sep 25, 20232 min read


Beginning of the End of Slavery
By John A. O'Brien Washington, D.C. Friday, September 22, 2023 Five days after the Union Army defeated the Confederates at Antietam Creek...

John O’Brien
Sep 21, 20232 min read


Lincoln-Thomas Comes to Fort Stevens - And Lincoln Was There Too
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Sunday, September 17, 2023 In 1864, Abraham Lincoln visited Fort Stevens, one of the many installations...

David J. Kent
Sep 18, 20233 min read


19th Century Heroine Drops In on Lincoln Group
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Friday, September 15, 2023 Charlotte Scott, the freed slave whose hard-earned $5 contribution kicked...
edepstein1
Sep 15, 20232 min read


Callie Hawkins Becomes New CEO & Executive Director of President Lincoln's Cottage
by David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Congratulations are in order to Callie Hawkins for becoming the new CEO...

David J. Kent
Sep 13, 20232 min read


Abraham Lincoln Wrote a Letter 162 Years Ago
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Monday, September 11, 2023 Here’s What Happened Next: That letter remained unknown and unpublished...
abesgirl
Sep 11, 20234 min read


Lincoln Group Support of Ford's Theatre Teacher Programs, The Recap
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Friday, September 8, 2023 The Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Civil War Washington Summer Teacher...

David J. Kent
Sep 8, 20232 min read


Let’s Go to the Theater!
By Debbie Jackson Washington, D.C. Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Lincoln went to the theater for fun and diversion. He apparently even...
abesgirl
Sep 5, 20232 min read


Lincoln's Strong Defense of Emancipation to Illinois Friends: September 3, 1863.
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Sunday, September 3, 2023 President Lincoln was irritated as he put down his newspaper and fired off...

John O’Brien
Sep 3, 20233 min read


Fremont's Emancipation Proclamation
by David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Tuesday, August 29, 2023 On August 30, 1861, General John C. Fremont, who Lincoln had put in charge of...

David J. Kent
Aug 29, 20233 min read


One Life: Frederick Douglass at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Sunday, August 27, 2023 One of the benefits of living in the Washington, DC area is the vast number of...

David J. Kent
Aug 27, 20233 min read


Unexpected Lincoln in Colorado
John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Thursday, August 24, 2023 It is strange that there are no Lincoln memorials erected in Colorado. The...

John O’Brien
Aug 24, 20233 min read


Countdown to Emancipation - The Greeley Letter
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Tuesday, August 22, 2023 On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued his Preliminary...

David J. Kent
Aug 22, 20234 min read


Lincoln Emerges from the Stump
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Thursday, August 17, 2023 Abraham Lincoln spent many hours on the stump campaigning for himself and...

David J. Kent
Aug 17, 20232 min read


Lincoln Hosts the "Colored Gentlemen."
By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Sunday, August 13, 2023 Lincoln was the first president to invite African Americans to a publicly...

John O’Brien
Aug 13, 20234 min read


Come Join Us to Celebrate the LGDC Study Forum Turning 10 Years Old
By Debbie Jackson Washington, D.C. Monday, August 7, 2023 The Lincoln Group of D.C. Study Forum is 10-Years Old!! Come join the...

David J. Kent
Aug 8, 20232 min read


Join us September 12 at Maggiano's for Marcia Cole as Charlotte Scott
By David J. Kent Washington, DC Thursday, August 3, 2023 We're only a few weeks away from our first dinner meeting of the fall season....

David J. Kent
Aug 4, 20232 min read


An Unexpectedly Controversial Lincoln Statue - In Vermont
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Friday, July 21, 2023 The Lincoln Group of DC has had some experience with controversial Abraham...

David J. Kent
Jul 21, 20233 min read