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The Busy Afterlife of "Lincoln in the Bardo" By Ed EpsteinWashington, D.C.Friday, February 27, 2026Author George Saunders best-selling and award-winning 2017 novel Lincoln in the Bardo, about President Abraham Lincoln's love and overwhelming feeling of loss over the 1862 death of his 11-year-old son Willie from typhoid fever, is being turned i...

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Lincoln and the Living Declaration By Jacob K. FriefeldBetween August and October 1858, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas engaged in seven debates during their U.S. Senate campaign. These debates were a prelude to a showdown in the 1860 presidential election and grappled with topics fundamental to the republic like the nature of sl...

Frederick Douglass lives!

Watch now: Lincoln's Birthday Celebration with Frederick Douglass By: Kelsey JohnstonBaltimore, Maryland February 23, 2026 The Lincoln Group of DC and the Civil War Roundtable of the District of Columbia hosted a joint birthday celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 217th birthday on February 10, 2026. The group met in-person and virtually to celebrate with a special gu...

217 and counting...

Happy 217 to Abraham Lincoln, Disciple of the Declaration By Ed EpsteinWashington, D.C.Feb. 12, 2026Today is the 217th birthday of Abraham Lincoln, who was born into poverty in his parents' log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky on Feb. 12, 1809. Through his drive and hard work he went much farther in the world than anyone would have thought possible, given....

The Lincoln Group chaired this great event
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African American Civil War Museum Statue Dedication Historians and policymakers spoke about emancipation at the dedication of a bronze sculpture of President Abraham Lincoln in advance of the re-opening of the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C. The Lincoln Group of D.C. hosted this event.

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The Back Story of "All Men Are Created Equal" By Bill ShepherdFeb. 5, 2026On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln offered the nation his vision of the true meaning of the sacrifices made on the Gettysburg battlefield. In the first sentence of his speech, Lincoln transported us back to 1776 and the remarkable promise made in the Declaration....

https://www.lincolnian.org/post/watch-now-raymond-mckoski-discusses-his-new-book-david-davis-abraham-lincoln-s-favorite-judge

Watch now: Raymond McKoski discusses his new book "David Davis - Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Judge" By: Kelsey JohnstonBaltimore, Maryland Feb. 3 2026Raymond McKoski is a retired circuit court judge in suburban Chicago who now teaches law at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He recently joined Lincoln Group members to discuss his new book, "David Davis - Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Judge," and...

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Must-see TV this coming Sunday

Lincoln Group Stars on C-SPAN This Coming Sunday By Ed EpsteinWashington, D.C.Monday, February 2, 2026The video of the moving ceremony last September 22, at which a statue of a seated President Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation was dedicated, will debut this Sunday evening, February 8, on C-SPAN's Book TV.I was honored to emcee...

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Philip Glass Pulls His "Lincoln" Symphony to Protest Trump By Ed EpsteinWashington, D.C.Jan. 27, 2026"Lincoln," a new symphony by 88-year-old American composer Philip Glass, won't have its world premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington as Glass joins a long line of artists to boycott the center in protest of President Donald Trump's renaming of the cent...

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A Pit Stop at the Lincoln Memorial? By Ed EpsteinWashington, D.C.Friday, January 23, 2026The Trump administration wants to hold an IndyCar race this summer on the National Mall, including around the Lincoln Memorial, but the idea faces opposition from congressional Democrats, according to reports. Punchbowl News, a daily newsletter th...

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Lincoln's Boyhood Recollection of Revolutionary Bravery By William F. WalshJan. 22, 2026“I recollect thinking then, boy even though I was, that there must have been something more than common that those men struggled for.” It was exceedingly rare for Abraham Lincoln to speak of his childhood. Yet, he was doing just that on Feb. 21, 1861, as he reflec...

God insight

What Lincoln Got Wrong in the Gettysburg Address David J. KentWashington, DCThursday, January 15, 2026The Gettysburg Address is Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech. In 272 words delivered in slightly over two minutes, Lincoln set the tone for the remaining years of the war and steered us to a new birth of freedom. But in another sense, Lincoln ma...