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Oct 23, 20232 min read

Unexpected Lincoln: Batter Up!

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Monday, October 23, 2023 We all know in this age of internet shopping that once you buy something...

Talkback and Discussions at the Theater!

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Oct 17, 20233 min read

Talkback and Discussions at the Theater!

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

David J. Kent

Oct 13, 20233 min read

Join the LGDC Board!

by David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Friday, October 13, 2023 Now is your chance to play an active role in the Lincoln Group of DC Board of...

Program Shows Our Group's National Scope

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Oct 9, 20232 min read

Program Shows Our Group's National Scope

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Monday, October 9, 2023 When the Lincoln Group holds its program on Tuesday, October 17 - discussing...

Unexpected Lincoln: Mary and Robert Lincoln Go to Manchester, Vermont

David J. Kent

Oct 1, 20233 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...

We're Going to Parse Lincoln's Greatest Words -- Join in

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Sep 28, 20232 min read

We're Going to Parse Lincoln's Greatest Words -- Join in

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Thursday, September 28, 2023 Eight score years ago, exactly, Abraham Lincoln rose before a crowd in...

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Sep 25, 20232 min read

Zelensky Draws Inspiration from Lincoln

By Edward Epstein Washington, D.C. Monday, September 25, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky apparently knows inspiring words...

John O’Brien

Sep 21, 20232 min read

Beginning of the End of Slavery

By John A. O'Brien Washington, D.C. Friday, September 22, 2023 Five days after the Union Army defeated the Confederates at Antietam Creek...

Lincoln-Thomas Comes to Fort Stevens - And Lincoln Was There Too

David J. Kent

Sep 18, 20233 min read

Lincoln-Thomas Comes to Fort Stevens - And Lincoln Was There Too

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Sunday, September 17, 2023 In 1864, Abraham Lincoln visited Fort Stevens, one of the many installations...

19th Century Heroine Drops In on Lincoln Group

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Sep 15, 20232 min read

19th Century Heroine Drops In on Lincoln Group

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

Callie Hawkins Becomes New CEO & Executive Director of President Lincoln's Cottage

David J. Kent

Sep 13, 20232 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...

Abraham Lincoln Wrote a Letter 162 Years Ago

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Sep 11, 20234 min read

Abraham Lincoln Wrote a Letter 162 Years Ago

By Wendy Swanson Washington, D.C. Monday, September 11, 2023 Here’s What Happened Next: That letter remained unknown and unpublished...

Lincoln Group Support of Ford's Theatre Teacher Programs, The Recap

David J. Kent

Sep 8, 20232 min read

Lincoln Group Support of Ford's Theatre Teacher Programs, The Recap

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

abesgirl

Sep 5, 20232 min read

Let’s Go to the Theater!

By Debbie Jackson Washington, D.C. Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Lincoln went to the theater for fun and diversion. He apparently even...

Lincoln's Strong Defense of Emancipation to Illinois Friends: September 3, 1863.

John O’Brien

Sep 3, 20233 min read

Lincoln's Strong Defense of Emancipation to Illinois Friends: September 3, 1863.

By John A. O'Brien Denver, Colorado Sunday, September 3, 2023 President Lincoln was irritated as he put down his newspaper and fired off...

David J. Kent

Aug 29, 20233 min read

Fremont's Emancipation Proclamation

by David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Tuesday, August 29, 2023 On August 30, 1861, General John C. Fremont, who Lincoln had put in charge of...

One Life: Frederick Douglass at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

David J. Kent

Aug 27, 20233 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...

John O’Brien

Aug 24, 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...

Countdown to Emancipation - The Greeley Letter

David J. Kent

Aug 22, 20234 min read

Countdown to Emancipation - The Greeley Letter

By David J. Kent Washington, D.C. Tuesday, August 22, 2023 On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued his Preliminary...

David J. Kent

Aug 17, 20232 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...

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