By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Thursday, September 3, 2026 Most Lincoln-related activities take place along the East Coast or in the Midwest, so it's a real treat to tell you about a major two-day Lincoln-related symposium late this month in southern California focused on Abraham Lincoln and this year's 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the document that was his political lodestar. The Watchorn Lincoln Memorial Association, which supports the work of the Lincoln Memorial...

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...