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A "Hidden Gem" of a Lincoln Site
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Wednesday, January 10, 2024 Actually, the site is right there in plain view and many, if not most of...
abesgirl
Jan 10, 20242 min read
Unexpected Lincoln: Mary and Robert Lincoln Go to Manchester, Vermont
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Sunday, October 1, 2023 Mary Lincoln hated Washington, especially during the pestilent humidity of the...
David J. Kent
Oct 1, 20233 min read
Callie Hawkins Becomes New CEO & Executive Director of President Lincoln's Cottage
by David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Congratulations are in order to Callie Hawkins for becoming the new CEO...
David J. Kent
Sep 13, 20232 min read
One Life: Frederick Douglass at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Sunday, August 27, 2023 One of the benefits of living in the Washington, DC area is the vast number of...
David J. Kent
Aug 27, 20233 min read
Unexpected Lincoln in Colorado
John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Thursday, August 24, 2023 It is strange that there are no Lincoln memorials erected in Colorado. The...
John O’Brien
Aug 24, 20233 min read
Lincoln Emerges from the Stump
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Thursday, August 17, 2023 Abraham Lincoln spent many hours on the stump campaigning for himself and...
David J. Kent
Aug 17, 20232 min read
An Unexpectedly Controversial Lincoln Statue - In Vermont
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Friday, July 21, 2023 The Lincoln Group of DC has had some experience with controversial Abraham...
David J. Kent
Jul 21, 20233 min read
Traveling with Lincoln’s Train of Thought – Destination: Emancipation
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Participants on the Juneteenth walking tour visit the Emancipation Monument In...
abesgirl
Jul 12, 20234 min read
A Shining Moment – For Lincoln, His Memorial and Our Lincoln Group of DC
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Sunday, May 21, 2023 The Lincoln Memorial Centennial Program - Sunday, May 22, 2022 After all those...
abesgirl
May 21, 20234 min read
Lincoln Memorial Goes on the Operating Table
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Sunday, May 14, 2023 Preliminary work has started on the four-year, $69 million project to enormously...
edepstein1
May 14, 20232 min read
LGDC President David J. Kent Wins Lincoln Legacy Award
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Once again the Lincoln Group is in the news award-wise. This time the awardee...
abesgirl
Apr 19, 20233 min read
On the Move: Look Where the Tredegar Lincoln Is Now!
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Don’t look for it at its traditional Richmond home - outside the main...
abesgirl
Mar 22, 20234 min read
Lincoln in Scotland, 1893; The Lincoln Group in Scotland, 1993
By Paul Kallina Tucson, Arizona Sunday, February 19, 2023 On August 21, 1893, a historic cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland, became more...
abesgirl
Feb 19, 20232 min read
Warm Birthday Wishes to Lincoln on a Cold Day
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Sunday, February12, 2023 A cold rain didn't dampen the enthusiasm as the Lincoln Group and a parade of...
edepstein1
Feb 12, 20231 min read
New Lincoln-Themed Art Exhibit at President Lincoln's Cottage
By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Tuesday, January 17, 2023 President's Lincoln's Cottage is sponsoring a new Lincoln-themed art...
David J. Kent
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Lincoln Is No. 1, but Questions Loom
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Monday, July 25, 2022 The fact that there are more monuments to Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. than...
edepstein1
Jul 25, 20223 min read
When Lincoln Came Under Enemy Fire
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Monday, July 11, 2022 Washington, DC’s Fort Stevens was the site of the only Civil War battle that...
abesgirl
Jul 11, 20224 min read
The Arts Club Evening: 'Twas a Perfect Prelude to Our Weekend of Centennial Events
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Tuesday, June 14, 2022 A few days before the weekend of the Lincoln Memorial Centennial celebration,...
abesgirl
Jun 14, 20224 min read
About That Time Capsule...
By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Friday, June 10, 2022 The laying of the Lincoln Memorial cornerstone on February 12, 1915. No public...
abesgirl
Jun 9, 20224 min read
C-SPAN to Premiere Our Event
By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. June 1, 2022 Those who attended the Sunday May 22 program that the Lincoln Group staged on the...
edepstein1
Jun 1, 20221 min read