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Bourbon and Bluegrass 2019
Lounge on Lincoln’s lawn, sip bourbon and enjoy live bluegrass music on Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2 for our fifth annual Bourbon and Bluegrass event! All proceeds from the event go towards preservation efforts at President Lincoln’s Cottage. Help us keep this historic gem open and available to share Lincoln’s untold stories. TICKETS ON SALE NOW General Admission (Adult, 21+): $65.00 …
Read MoreLincoln Ideas Forum 2019
**Please note, this event is SOLD OUT** 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 will explore the …
Read MoreHomecoming 2018
For the second year, we’re combining our two popular events, the Freedom 5K and Family Day, into one full day of racing and family fun: Homecoming. During the Civil War the Lincoln family called the Cottage home. This year we welcome everyone back “home” to join us for a full day of activities where you can run, walk, and play like …
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Two Faces Comedy Series
“I leave it to my audience: If I had two faces, would I be wearing this one?” – Abraham Lincoln, 1858 Back by popular demand, and drawing inspiration from Abraham Lincoln’s legendary humor and self-deprecation, President Lincoln’s Cottage and The DC Improv are again partnering to present Two Faces Comedy, the first comedy series to transform Lincoln’s living room into a comedy den. …
Read MoreHomecoming 2018
For the second year, we’re combining our two popular events, the Freedom 5K and Family Day, into one full day of racing and family fun: Homecoming. During the Civil War the Lincoln family called the Cottage home. This year we welcome everyone back “home” to join us for a full day of activities where you can run, walk, and play like …
Read More10 Ways You Can Fight Human Trafficking
This month President Lincoln’s Cottage is hosting the sixth-annual Students Opposing Slavery (SOS) International Summit. Twenty teenagers from three foreign countries — Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines — plus American students from five different states are coming together for a week-long Summit where they are armed with the knowledge and tools to combat modern slavery. In honor of the SOS …
Read MoreMemorial Day Tours of the USSAH National Cemetery 2018
Commemorate Memorial Day with guided tours of the United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery. Visited by President Abraham Lincoln, the Soldiers’ Home National Cemetery is notable for being the first national cemetery (est. 1861) and for serving as the final resting place for John Logan, who formalized Memorial Day celebrations in 1868. Tours of the cemetery will highlight the …
Read MoreLincoln 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 remembered in spite of ourselves.” This year, those stirring words serve as …
Read MoreBourbon and Bluegrass 2018
ATTENTION: We will continue to Bourbon & Bluegrass both Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine! We have a tent and Cottage, but please plan and dress accordingly. (We’ll have our parasols and galoshes.) **WE’RE SOLD OUT BOTH DAYS** This year you can lounge on Lincoln’s lawn, sip bourbon and enjoy live bluegrass music on both Saturday May 19 and Sunday …
Read MoreCottage 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 Lincoln is a classic in African American history and Lincoln studies. Part memoir and part history, the book is an account of John E. …
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