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Posted by Lincoln Studies 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
Pulitzer Prize winning historian James McPherson will be appearing on VirtualBookSigning.net this evening at 6 pm Central. He will be signing copies of his new book, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief.
CLICK HERE to order a signed cop...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
The election has finally come to a close. Barack Obama and the Democratic Party have emerged victorious. Congratulations goes to them, as well as the country that elected them.
As I listened to the speeches last night, I waited for a seemingly inevi...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
With less than a week left before the 2008 presidential election, you may have noticed the political ads have gotten increasingly more negative. Several commentators have spoken out against the negative tone. Story Here, Here, and an example Here.
All...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
Abraham Lincoln made yet another appearance in the 2008 Presidential Election. Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden invoked the sixteenth president’s name yesterday while on the stump in Greenville, North Carolina.
According to Biden, Barack Oba...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
I was sitting at my desk this morning reviewing my lecture notes when I heard a strange greeting.
“Good morning Dr. Wheeler.”
When I spun around to see who said it, I saw my dissertation advisor standing in the doorway.
“YouR...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
Jason Emerson, author of The Madness of Mary Lincoln, will be signing books at the Barnes & Noble in Carbondale on Saturday from 2-3 pm.
Emerson will also be presenting a talk at the Friends of Morris Library annual dinner later in the evening. Wh...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
Southern Illinois is in for a treat tomorrow.
The Fourth Annual Civil War Lecture Series takes place at John A. Logan College. This year’s featured speaker is author Gary Ecelbarger, who has written a new book on the election of 1860, The Great C...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
I am quite sorry for my recent abscence from the blogosphere. Thank you for your emails. I suppose the only thing I can tell you right now is that I have quite a good reason for being scarce. More on that later.
At any rate, I want to be sure to [.....
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
We are just a few hours away from the second debate between Barack Obama and John McCain. I’m looking forward to watching it.
Today also marks the 150th anniversary of the fifth Lincoln-Douglas debate, which was held in Galesburg, Illinois.
Th...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
A new letter written by Abraham Lincoln has surfaced.
You can read more about this discovery, as well as the context of the letter, on the Discovery Channel’s website. The reporter seems surprised that Lincoln displays a fair amount of anger in t...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
Richard Lawrence Miller’s new book, Lincoln and His World: Prairie Politician, 1834 - 1842, has just been published by Stackpole Books. As many of you already know, this is the second volume of Miller’s planned three-volume Lincoln biography...
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