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October 2016 Newsletter
DIRECTOR’S LETTER Dear Friends, President Lincoln’s Cottage was awarded a Presidential Medal on Monday for our Students Opposing Slavery (SOS) program. The magnitude of this honor is still sinking in for our entire team and the student participants. The SOS program is central to our
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July 2016 Newsletter
DIRECTOR’S LETTER Dear Friends, Have you ever felt like if you didn’t laugh, you would cry? Lincoln’s love of humor and, in particular, political satire is well documented and conveys much about his personality and how he coped with the intense disagreement and discord that
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President Lincoln's Cottage wins AASLH's 2016 LEADERSHIP IN HISTORY AWARD
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) announced President Lincoln’s Cottage as a 2016 Award of Merit winner for Students Opposing Slavery! This award is selected by AASLH’s Leadership in History awards committee. The Award of Merit is presented for excellence
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Preserve President Lincoln's Brave Ideas
2015 SOS Summit attendees talking while sitting on the cocoa matting President Lincoln’s Cottage features reproduction cocoa matting in major rooms on the first floor. Since opening to the public in 2008, over 250,000 visitors have walked these floors for tours, school programs, public
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Run the Freedom 5K
Run for Freedom at the third annual Freedom 5K at President Lincoln’s Cottage, where Abraham Lincoln developed the Emancipation Proclamation and led our nation through the Civil War. Traverse a pastoral landscape that winds past ponds, fields, historic buildings and vistas on this breath-taking
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Spring 2016 Newsletter
DIRECTOR’S LETTER Dear Friends, Near the end of his life, Lincoln called upon the country to “strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds.” As our speakers at the second annual Lincoln Ideas Forum shared, Lincoln clearly had an eye fixed on the future
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Reflection on the Reactions to Human Trafficking
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of posts from Jabesso “Jay” Yadeto discussing and reflecting on his internship at President Lincoln’s Cottage. You can read his first post and second post. Modern slavery has been on my mind in the last few weeks. Being exposed to the reality
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The Proclamation: Winter 2016
DIRECTOR’S LETTER Dear Friends, This Presidents’ Day marked the beginning of our 9th year open to the public! This past year resulted in a number of memorable highlights, such as our programs for the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s last visit the day before his assassination, the inaugural
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PAST EVENT: Run the Freedom 5K
Run for freedom at the second annual Freedom 5K at President Lincoln’s Cottage with Olympic champion and running icon, Joan Benoit Samuelson. Run for Freedom at the second annual Freedom 5K at President Lincoln’s Cottage, where Abraham Lincoln developed the Emancipation Proclamation
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A Vital Connection: Student Advocacy in the Anti-Trafficking Field
Beatrice, a student from Virginia, shares her experiences as a SOS chapter leader and her work with federal agencies to combat human trafficking. On April 27, 2015, Students Opposing Slavery was invited to present its work at a forum regarding combating human trafficking in America’s schools,
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