by David J. Kent Washington, DC Monday, March 30, 2026 Washington's Emancipation Memorial, often called the Freedmen's Memorial, celebrates the 150th anniversary of its dedication on Saturday April 11, 2026. And the Lincoln Group of DC will be represented. Everyone's invited to this free program. Immediately after hearing of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, a formerly enslaved woman named Charlotte Scott offered $5 to create a memorial honoring Lincoln. She was soon followed

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Saturday, July 1, 2023 Marcia Cole will be featured at the Lincoln Group of DC's September 12, 2023...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Wednesday, February 1, 2023 Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington, DC's representative in the U.S....

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Friday, January 14, 2022 The Lincoln Group of DC is privileged to have author and historian Dorris...

By David J. Kent Washington D.C. Friday, February 19, 2021 As part of my series on Confederate monuments I recently examined why the...