Posted in Lincoln Places to Visit

Abe Lincoln and Frederick Douglass Statues Photo Tour National Harbor, Maryland

Last week I attended a conference at National Harbor in Maryland, just a few miles from Washington, D.C. It is a popular Holiday Season destination…

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Photo Tour of NYU’s Outdoor Exhibit of the Black Soldiers of the USCT and Their Families

The Kimmel Windows Gallery at New York University has a new exhibit; The Black Civil War Soldier, that is on view until Feb. 28, 2023 along LaGuardia…

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Researcher Presents Evidence of Where Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Actually Took Place

Here is a Lincoln at Gettysburg story so big that it made the New York Times. November 19 is the 149th Anniversary of the Gettysburg…

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Ten Years Ago Movie “Lincoln” Showed the Gettysburg Address

November 19 is Dedication Day in Gettysburg, the anniversary of the the day in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln came to Gettysburg to deliver his famous…

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Photo Tour of the Lincoln Statue in Yonkers, New York

After Lincoln’s assassination many localities wanted an outdoor sculpture of the martyred president. As far as I can tell, the first that was actually unveiled…

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Remembering the Civil War at Saco, Maine Memorial

As many of you know I was fortunate enough to vacation in Maine this summer. Many of the towns and cities along the coast there…

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Video Talk on Politics and Elections in the Union Army of the Potomac

I recently watched this video from the Winter Lecture Series of 2022 delivered at Gettysburg National Military Park. It looks at political agitation and campaigning…

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How the Civil War and Reconstruction Era Presidents Ranked According to Historians

The C-SPAN ranking of presidents by historians was released half-a-year ago, but it has been getting a lot of attention in the news lately. I…

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Lincoln Memorial Centennial Celebration May 2022

This month marks the Centennial of the opening of the Lincoln Memorial. The National Park Service has a number of events planned for the celebration…

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Today Is the 160th Anniversary of Lincoln Signing Law Emancipating Slaves in D.C.

Today is the 160th Anniversary of Emancipation in the District of Columbia. In 1862, Lincoln signed into law a bill ending slavery in the District…

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