By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Monday, December 1, 2025 Ronald Rietveld passed away  on November 27, 2025, at the age of 88. Rietveld was a professor of history at California State University–Fullerton for many years, although he is best known for his discovery at the age of 14 of the only known photograph of Abraham Lincoln in his coffin, taken April 24, 1865, as he lay in repose in New York during the long train ride back to Springfield. Rietveld's discovery shocked historians. Secretary...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Monday, October 27, 2025 The Lincoln Group of DC reached out to all of the Abraham Lincoln-related groups in 2023 seeking collaborations on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—and the United States—occurring in 2026. We recently announced  one of those collaborations in which we teamed up with the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA) to create Lincoln250.org , a website to highlight Abraham Lincoln's strong admiration for the Declaration and...

By David J. Kent Washington, DC Sunday, October 12, 2025 Michelle Krowl, Lucas Morel, Jonathan White, Callie Hawkins at President...