Category: Lincoln
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…
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…
Ted Widmer Gives Strong Recommendation of John Avlon’s New Lincoln and the Fight for Peace in WaPo
Ted Widmer, professor at Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York, has a review in The Washington Post of John Avlon’s new book…
Author of “A House Built by Slaves” Discusses Lincoln’s Black White House Visitors
The Guardian has an interesting interview with the author of a new book about Lincoln and African Americans. Jonathan White, a professor at Christopher Newport…
Podcast on Lincoln’s Eloquence as a Writer and Speaker
For Lincoln’s Birthday, we are highlighting this great podcast on the words of Abraham Lincoln. Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of ‘Team of Rivals,’ and Michelle…
Louis Masur Video Talk on Lincoln’s Reconstruction Policies
In November, Professor Louis Masur delivered the prestigious Robert Fortenbaugh Lecture in Gettysburg, PA. on Lincoln’s Reconstruction policies. Thanks to Al Mackey for pointing this…
Virginia Anti-CRT Bill Invents Debate Between Lincoln and (Frederick) Douglass!
We all know about the WAR ON CRT being waged by Fox News and its courageous champions in legislatures throughout certain parts of the USA….
The Feldman Thesis “Lincoln Broke the Constitution” and Its Critics
Harvard Law School Professor Noah Feldman has a new book out The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America that is attracting attention…
Confederate General E.P. Alexander in Washington After the Lincoln Assassination April 1865
Most Confederates paroled at Appomattox headed south towards their homes within a day or two after Lee’s surrender. A surprising number headed north. One northbound…
David Reynolds Wins Lincoln Prize for Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
From the sponsors of the Lincoln Prize: Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has named David S. Reynolds, author of Abe: Abraham Lincoln…