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 2012_DC_Emancipation_LC_120415 | 194 | DC -- Emancipation Day (2012) -- Celebration @ Lincoln Cottage
DC Emancipation Day Celebration - April 15, 2012
This year marks 150 years of emancipation in the District. The enslaved people in Washington, DC were freed nine months before President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous Emancipation Proclamation, telegraphing the eventual end of slavery to the rest of... |
| 2019_DC_Waller_191010 | 77 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Douglas Waller ("Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation")
This Thursday, October 10, 2019, join us as Doug Waller discusses his new book, Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation, which is a story of espionage, sabotage, and intrigue-and of a shrewd president who valued what his operatives uncovered.
Cottage Conversations offer relaxing evenings to... |
| 2015_DC_13th_Amend_151211 | 116 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: 13th Amendment at 150
Join President Lincoln's Cottage and the United States Commission on Civil Rights on Friday, December 11 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment!
Scholars Christian Samito, George Rutherglen, and Edna Green Medford will discuss the historical, legal, and contemporary impact of the 13th... |
| 2009_DC_Clinton_090520 | 68 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Catherine Clinton ("Mrs. Lincoln, A Life")
Cottage Conversations: Catherine Clinton:
Join us for Cottage Conversations featuring author Catherine Clinton. Clinton will speak about her new book, Mrs. Lincoln, A Life (Harper Collins, 2009). The talk is immediately followed by a book signing with the author. |
| 2008_DC_Manning_080918 | 49 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Chandra Manning ("What This Cruel Was Over")
This was a Lincoln Cabinet (donor) plus others event which featured a talk by Chandra Manning based on her book "What This Cruel Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery and the Civil War" |
| 2013_DC_Lincoln_Freedoms_131231 | 157 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Freedom's Eve
President Lincoln’s Cottage Chairman Ruff Fant and Executive Director Erin Carlson Mast cordially invite you to the 2nd annual FREEDOM’S EVE
Ring in the New Year at PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S COTTAGE
December 31, 2013 ♦ 9:30 pm – 12:30 am
At the stroke of midnight, January 1, 1863, thousands of men, women... |
| 2008_DC_Lincoln_CottageO_080218 | 92 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Grand Opening (2008) -- Other
Pictures here include the congregating before and after the ceremony, the audience during the ceremony, posed pictures after the ceremony, and people wandering the cottage and grounds. Photographed here include Richard Moe, Frank Milligan, Pat Furgurson, Elizabeth Brownstein, Douglas Wilson, Edna... |
| 2016_DC_Holzer_160114 | 49 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Harold Holzer ("A Just and Generous Nation")
Harold Holzer, co-author of the new book A Just and Generous Nation, will discuss Lincoln’s beliefs and policies on economic rights and opportunity. Mr. Holzer, winner of The 2015 Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize, is one of the country’s leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of... |
| 2018_DC_Masur_180226 | 58 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Kate Masur ("They Knew Lincoln")
Cottage Conversation: They Knew Lincoln
Join us as historian Kate Masur, along with co-presenter and President Lincoln’s Cottage Executive Director, Erin Carlson Mast, discuss Masur’s most recent project, They Knew Lincoln.
Originally published in 1942 and now reprinted for the first time, They Knew... |
| 2017_DC_Ideas_Forum_170413 | 111 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Lincoln Ideas Forum (2017)
Join us on Thursday, April 13th as we bring together experts, scholars, and the public in an exploration of injustice, division, fear, and hate, alongside the stories and ideas of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, for the annual Lincoln Ideas Forum.
This year's speakers (in sequence):
* Opening... |
| 2018_DC_Ideas_Forum_180413 | 112 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Lincoln Ideas Forum (2018)
Towards the end of his Second Annual Message to Congress in 1862, Abraham Lincoln implored his countrymen to remember that future generations would be looking back at the Civil War era:
"Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history," he wrote."We of this Congress and this Administration will be... |
| 2019_DC_Ideas_Forum_190412 | 90 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Lincoln Ideas Forum (2019): Voting Rights
Lincoln Ideas Forum
In April of 1865, Lincoln proposed offering the vote to black soldiers who had served in the Union Army. It would turn out to be one of his final speeches: it's thought that this proposal is part of the reason Booth accelerated his plans to assassinate the president. This year, we... |
| 2022_DC_Ideas_Forum_220413 | 154 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Lincoln Ideas Forum (2022): Grief and Loss
Grief & Loss
Our 7th annual Lincoln Ideas Forum brings together experts and the public to explore the present-day ramifications of Lincoln's ideas.
Grief is part of our origin story at President Lincoln’s Cottage. After losing their 11- year-old son Willie in February of 1862, Abraham and Mary... |
| 2015_DC_Lincoln_Anderegg_151119 | 56 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Michael Anderegg ("Lincoln and Shakespeare") w/Michele Osherow
Join us Thursday, November 19 for our Cottage Conversation with Michael Anderegg and Michele Osherow. Together they will discuss Abraham Lincoln's fascination with William Shakespeare and what that reveals about the 16th president.
Dr. Anderegg, author of the new book Lincoln and Shakespeare, is... |
| 2010_DC_Lincoln_CottageO_100517 | 98 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Opening of Mary Lincoln Room |
| 2013_DC_Moe_131017 | 78 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Richard Moe ("Roosevelt's Second Act")
October 17: Richard Moe, author of Roosevelt's Second Act: The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War and former president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, compares the presidencies of Lincoln and Roosevelt
Guests are invited to mingle with authors at a 6:00 pm cocktail reception in... |
| 2016_DC_Blumenthal_160519 | 62 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Sidney Blumenthal ("A Self-Made Man”) w/Jonathon Karl
Cottage Conversation: Sidney Blumenthal’s “A Self-Made Man”
Join us on Thursday, May 19, as Sidney Blumenthal discusses A Self-Made Man: the Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1849, the first of a multi-volume history of Lincoln as a political genius—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency,... |
| 2016_DC_Two_Faces_160817 | 77 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Two Faces Comedy Series: Immigration
Two Faces Comedy Series: Immigration
Drawing inspiration from Abraham Lincoln’s legendary humor and self-deprecation, President Lincoln’s Cottage and The DC Improv are partnering to present Two Faces Comedy, the first comedy series performed at the Cottage. This comedy series is recommended for adult... |
| 2016_DC_Two_Faces_161018 | 73 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Two Faces Comedy Series: Improv
President Lincoln’s Cottage is thrilled you will be joining us for the third show of the Two Faces Comedy Series. We look forward to seeing you tonight for a fun evening of comedy. We are excited to say that the show is SOLD OUT.
Drawing inspiration from Abraham Lincoln’s legendary humor and... |
| 2016_DC_Two_Faces_160907 | 123 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Two Faces Comedy Series: Politics
Two Faces Comedy Series: Immigration
Drawing inspiration from Abraham Lincoln’s legendary humor and self-deprecation, President Lincoln’s Cottage and The DC Improv are partnering to present Two Faces Comedy, the first comedy series performed at the Cottage. This comedy series is recommended for adult... |
| 2019_DC_Holzer_190612 | 75 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Harold Holzer ("Monument Man")
Cottage Conversation: Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French
Join us as Harold Holzer discusses his new book, Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French. |
| 2016_DC_Lincoln_BHM_160226 | 120 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage & AFHR -- Event: Black History Month Program w/Brent Leggs
A Black History Month Program with Brent Leggs: Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African American Memories
On Friday February 26 at 1:30 PM, join President Lincoln's Cottage and the Armed Forces Retirement Home in commemorating Black History Month at our annual partner program. This year's program will... |
| 2020_DC_Lincoln_BHM_200228 | 166 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage & AFRH -- Event: Black History Month Program w/G.K. Butterfield
Commemoration of Black History Month with Representative G.K. Butterfield
President Lincoln’s Cottage is proud to partner with the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) for our annual Black History Month Program. This year's program will feature Congressman G.K. Butterfield Representative of North... |
| 2017_DC_Lincolns1st_170118 | 172 | Remembering Lincoln's First Inaugural Address @ Old Naval Hospital (Hill Center)
Remember Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address at the Old Naval Hospital
The program includes delivery of the Address by George Buss of Freeport, Illinois, who delivers the Gettysburg Address at the annual Gettysburg ceremony every November 19th. A panel discussion will be led by Michelle Krowl of the... |
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| 2024_03_23A1_Lincoln | 181 | Abraham Lincoln 2024 Symposium @ Fords Theatre (Page 1 of 2)
Abraham Lincoln Institute Twenty-Seventh Annual Symposium
“The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship”
Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. (ALI), provides free, ongoing education on the life, career, and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ALI offers resources for educators, g... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_04_09A2_Ghosts | 205 | Library of Congress -- Event: Library Hosts Cast Members of CBS Comedy Ghosts
Library Hosts Cast Members of CBS Comedy Ghosts
Event to Feature Panel with Asher Grodman, Danielle Pinnock, Richie Moriarty, Rebecca Wisocky, Román Zaragoza, Library Items Curated for Each Ghost’s Time Period and Special Episode Screening
The Library of Congress will host cast members from CBS’s hi... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_03_23A4_Lincoln4 | 179 | Abraham Lincoln 2024 Symposium @ Fords Theatre (Page 2 of 2)
Abraham Lincoln Institute Twenty-Seventh Annual Symposium
“The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship”
Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. (ALI), provides free, ongoing education on the life, career, and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ALI offers resources for educators, g... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_01_14B1_Gonna_Take | 196 | Labor Heritage Foundation @ McGinty's Public House -- MLK "Gonna Take Us All Ball" (Page 1 of 2)
MLK "Gonna Take Us All Ball"
Recommit to Dr. King’s dream of equality and justice for all and celebrate Elise Bryant’s well-deserved retirement from LHF!
By Labor Heritage Foundation
Tickets are now FREE! Thanks to the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO, AFSCME 112, the International Association of Heat ... |
| 2024_02_13B1_USCHS_Freedom | 218 | USCHS -- Freedom Award (2024) to Cheryl L. Johnson (Page 2 of 2) Everything else
We look forward to your attendance at the Freedom Award Reception honoring Cheryl L. Johnson, the 36th Clerk of the House of Representatives
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society is honored to present its 2023 Freedom Award to Cheryl L. Johnson to recognize her exceptional leadership and pivotal role ... (Partially reviewed) |