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 Ed Epstein Washington, D.C. September. 5, 2024 Friends and members of The Lincoln Group of DC are cordially invited! Who: Scott...

By Edward Epstein Washington D.C. August 31,2024 Walking down one of the endless concourses at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport the...

by David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Friday, August 30, 2024 Longtime Lincoln Group of DC member Dan Smith -- the son of a slave -- passed...

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. Monday, August 12, 2024 The Lincoln Group of DC book study forum met in person for the first time in...

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 David J. Kent Washington, DC Monday, July 1, 2024 Another in a series about the tumultuous year of 1864, exactly 160 years ago. In the...

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 David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Thursday, June 13, 2024 On June 19, 1865, United States Army Major General Gordon Granger delivered to...

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