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Posted by Lincoln Studies 5 months ago.
I’m am so happy to pass along this announcement to you!Â
John Y. Simon Day and Ulysses S. Grant Lecture
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 10 am
at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in St. Louis, MO
Featured speakers include:
Dr. John F. Marszal...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 8 months ago.
40th Annual Independence Day Program July 4 at Kaskaskia Bell
KASKASKIA ISLAND, IL – For the 40th time Americans will ring in the Fourth of July this year, with a programmed celebration to mark another type of ringing in a 306-year-old Illinois communit...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 10 months ago.
The war might have ended in 1865, but the battle over Civil War memory remains especially fierce. A number of news stories have recently appeared on my radar:
 Groups at the University of Alabama disagree over “Old South” celebration  What ...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 11 months ago.
Legal History of the Civil War Era
~From the Mexican War to Jim Crow~
A Series of Books Published by Southern Illinois University Press
Edited by Christian G. Samito
Abraham Lincoln identified a “new birth of freedom” during the Civil War era,...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 11 months ago.
My speaking schedule has picked up and I thought I might pass along a couple of upcoming dates to you.Â
Tomorrow evening, March 21, 2009, I will be the keynote speaker at the Jackson County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner. The event will be held at the G...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
I received a number of emails from readers over the weekend regarding the History Channel’s recent special, “Stealing Lincoln’s Body.” Indeed, there was a plot to steal Lincoln’s body in 1876. Though I was able to forge...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
Bloomberg.com has uploaded a series of intriguing Lincoln-related podcats. I listened to several of them and was impressed; the guests were first-rate, while the conversations were wide-ranging.  Â
I might also add that these podcasts are quite ha...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
This is one of the most remarkable stories I have come across in quite some time.  I definitely learned something new this morning.Â
The Hamilton Journal-News in Hamilton, Ohio is reporting that Abraham Lincoln’s fingerprint has been found!Â
L...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
We do strange things to the past. Consider what happens to our former presidents.  We carved four of their portraits onto the side of a mountain in 1927. Though we seem to have given up such gigantic tributes, today we reduce many of them to mereÂ...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
The OUP Blog from the folks at Oxford University Press has been busy lately. The Bicentennial appears to have inspired a number of Lincoln-related posts.  I look forward to pointing out a few of them to you.Â
The first blogpost of note was written ...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
I spent the last several days talking at great length about the Lincoln legacy. Over the last 144 years, politicians and political parties, as well as special interest groups and advertising agencies, have used Lincoln for their own benefit. However,...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
I made it back to a hotel room. What a day!Â
My talks at the College of Saint Rose went quite well.  The campus, situated in the heart of Albany, is fantastic. Another enthusiastic crowd was on hand, as well as a television crew! The folks in...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
Though I only have a minute to post, I couldn’t let the Bicentennial go by without offering an observation.
I’m in the middle of a speaking tour in New York; last night, I spoke at the Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls. The room was packe...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
I’m off to New York for the Lincoln Bicentennial.  My schedule is packed. I have five speaking engagments in just 2 days!Â
For LincolnStudies.com readers in the Albany area, I encourage you to come out and celebrate Lincoln’s 200th birth...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
I had a great time at the Chester Public Library yesterday! Thank you to everyone who made that event possible, including the people who asked such interesting questions at the end of the talk.Â
I want to pass along this note from the Abraham Lincoln ...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
We are quickly approaching the Lincoln Bicentennial and my calendar is packed!Â
If you are in Southern Illinois this evening and want to hear about the Lincoln legacy, stop by the Chester Public Library at 6:30. I’ll be presenting a talk, “...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
This is from the cartoonist Chris Britt, who works for the State Journal-Register in Springfield, Illinois. He has a unique take on the recent impeachment of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.  Give it a look.
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
Hans Nichols from Bloomberg.com has noticed that President-Elect Barack Obama has been conjuring the Lincoln legacy.  Though LincolnStudies.com has been keeping tabs on this one throughout the presidential campaign, Nichols’ observations are worth...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
I’m sure you have heard about the latest scandal involving foul-mouthed Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. LincolnStudies.com has been reporting on his unfortunate cuts to state historic sites since February 2007. New Salem was among the first to ...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 1 year ago.
No, I’m not in the business of selling jewelry now. However, if I had made such a transition, do you really think I would be pushing Confederate rings Highly doubtful. So why the Rebel ring at the top of the page
I came back from the Thanksgiv...
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