Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Thursday, July 9, 2026 Tireless Washington photographer Bruce Guthrie, a great friend of the Lincoln Group, visited the new Lincoln Memorial Undercroft Museum on its recent opening day and produced images we want to share with you. Some of the workers' tools left underground after construction ended more than a century ago. The 15,000-square-foot museum run by the National Park Service is well worth a visit to see the massive concrete pillars pounded deep into...

With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence upon us, it's a perfect time to look at Abraham Lincoln, the fiercest advocate for the deep meaning of that document. Read on, and for lots more on Lincoln's ties to the Declaration, visit Lincoln250.org. By Mark B. Pohlad Chicago July 5, 2026 It might not be the most famous paintings in the U.S. Capitol. And because it hangs in a Senate stairwell, it’s easy to miss. Moreover, Frances Carpenter’s The First Reading of the...

By Ed Epstein Washington D.C. Wednesday, July 1, 2026 A restored and rejuvenated statue -- Augustus Saint-Gaudens' famed bronze of a standing Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln Park on Chicago's North Side -- will be reborn this Saturday, the Fourth of July. The renovated Saint-Gaudens Lincoln statue will be unveiled in Chicago on the Fourth of July. The 12-foot-tall statue, originally dedicated in 1887, has undergone repairs and restoration, with the work paid for by the Chicago Park District and...