By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado August 26, 2024   Lincoln’s announcement of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation seriously...

By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Thursday, August 22, 2024 On August 22, 1862, New York Tribune publisher Horace Greeley was...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Monday, August 19, 2024 The Lincoln Group of DC (LGDC) has for many years supported education about...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Tuesday, August 6, 2024 Stephen A. Douglas had been selected by the Illinois State Legislature to serve...

By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado August 3, 2024 Country and pop star Taylor Swift has long shown her appreciation for Abraham Lincoln....

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C, Monday, July 29, 2024 Ford's Theatre plays an important role in the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. It was...

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Monday, July 22, 2024 Peter Carmichael, Gettysburg College’s Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War...

By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Thursday, July 18, 2024 The great dead-pan comedian Bob Newhart, who died today at age 94, became an...

By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Friday, July 12, 2024 Another in a series of blogs about the tumultuous year of 1864, exactly 160...

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Sunday, June 23, 2024 Abraham Lincoln will return to Ford's Theater, where he was mortally wounded in...

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Wednesday, June 19, 2024 The Emancipation Proclamation will go on permanent display in the rotunda of...

By Ed Epstein Chicago, Illinois Monday, June 17, 2024 Can a major city have too much of Abraham Lincoln? There's a corner of Chicago that...

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. May 31, 2024 2024 is, of course, a presidential election year. In honor of the occasion, the...

By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Friday, June 7, 2024 Another in a series of blogs about the tumultuous year of 1864, exactly 160...

By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. Friday, May 31, 2024 Abraham Lincoln is back in a familiar position. A book about the 16th president and...

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 28, 2024 The Walt Disney Company is investing millions of dollars to update its...

By Rodney Ross Washington, D.C. Saturday, May 25, 2024 The final sentence of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural refers to the nation’s charge of...

By David J. Kent Washington, DC Wednesday, Mary 22, 2024 On Tuesday evening, May 21, 2024, I officially became “the old.” At that time, I...

By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Sunday, May 19, 2024 Another in a series of posts about the tumultuous events of 1864, exactly 160...

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 9, 2024 William Henry Herndon Sr., the great-great-great grandson of the man with the...