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Fox 5 and other local, national, and international news outlets are reporting this breaking news story. “British royalty will visit D.C. next month. Prince Charles and Camilla will come to the nation’s capital on March 17th, 18th and 19th. They will visit Lincoln’s Cottage and the Armed Forces Retirement Home which sit on the same grounds in northwest. Charles and …

Mike Max, host of WCCO’s Life to the Max, sat down with Executive Director Erin Carlson Mast at President Lincoln’s Cottage to learn more about Lincoln’s beloved retreat. Watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHa0WTPvz38&feature=youtu.be.

“On a recent tour of President Lincoln’s Cottage, historical interpreter Curtis Harris announced it would be his last. He pointed out that the date, Jan. 31, marked the 150-year anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery. “There were 56 congressmen who voted against it,” he noted wryly, “and they were all from the North.” At the cottage, …

“Using an award-winning app to combine audio recordings of Lincoln’s comments with period illustrations and photographs flashed on computer screens, the guides emphasize the history that happened in the house. Lincoln wrote much of the Emancipation Proclamation at the cottage and from its windows he watched soldiers’ burials (each week 30 plus were interred at the site’s cemetery). When you …