By: Kelsey Johnston Baltimore, Maryland Tuesday, May 19 , 2026 The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia was thrilled to welcome Lois Romano to our monthly meeting on May 12, 2026. Veteran journalist Lois Romano takes a deep dive into Mary Lincoln’s long, difficult years of widowhood to present a more fully contextualized view in "An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln." The book is described by its publisher, Simon & Schuster, as a “revelatory new...

Washington, D.C. April 15, 2026 Lincoln Group scholar-members recently presented a program, timed to the 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence, about Abraham Lincoln and his "empowering reverence" for the Declaration. Many historians describe Lincoln as the last of the Founders or the son of the Founders. Lincoln himself said that he never had a political thought that did not come from the Declaration and its promise that "all men are created equal" and that everyone is...

By: Kelsey Johnston Baltimore, Maryland Friday, March 20, 2026 In his new book, "Lincoln in New England: In Search of His Forgotten Tours," David J. Kent takes you along for the ride as he explores Lincoln's two forgotten tours of New England. He shared this ride with the Lincoln Group of DC in an exhilarating discussion on March 10. Abraham Lincoln went to New England only twice in his lifetime. During his first trip in 1848 he was an awkward, ungainly westerner, little known to the...