By Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. December 9, 2024 Since the Lincoln Group started this blog back in mid-2022, more than 460 items have been...

Join David J. Kent in exploring the voting patterns within eight states during the 1864 election to answer the question: was it stolen?

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Thursday, September 12, 2024 Most Lincoln Group of DC members have heard of Charles Forbes. But did you...

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 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 Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Thursday, March 28, 2024 Fairfax’s Historic Blenheim (shown above) is a jewel of a historic site—one...

By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Monday, February 19, 2024 Historian, author, and Princeton Professor Allen C. Guelzo was with the...

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Monday, February 12, 2024 Continuing a tradition that goes back more than a century, a crowd gathered...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Wednesday, February 7, 2024 You read that right - hearing letters to Lincoln. And it was a grand event....

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. January 2, 2024 Hard-working, veteran Washington Post local news columnist John Kelly -- who helped...

By Debbie Jackson Washington, D.C. Monday, December 4, 2023 The LGDC "Sisterhood" at the Lincoln Forum - Pictured here, from left to...

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Friday, December 1, 2023 The Lincoln Forum, which meets annually in Gettysburg from November 16 -18...

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Wednesday, November 29, 2023 On November 19 of this year, as is the tradition, Gettysburg commemorated...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Sunday, November 26, 2023 A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum. Or more accurately, at the...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Thursday, November 9, 2023 Jon Willen is vice president of programs for the Lincoln Group of DC. He's...

By Debbie Jackson Washington, D.C. Tuesday, October 17, 2023 A Monumental Discussion Panel: From left to right - Moderator Jonquilyn...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Sunday, October 1, 2023 Mary Lincoln hated Washington, especially during the pestilent humidity of the...

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Friday, September 15, 2023 Charlotte Scott, the freed slave whose hard-earned $5 contribution kicked...

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Friday, September 8, 2023 The Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Civil War Washington Summer Teacher...

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Participants on the Juneteenth walking tour visit the Emancipation Monument In...