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Q&Abe Episode 2.2
Episode 2.2: “If people saw that slavery was getting started, why didn’t they stop it?” Every day at President Lincoln’s Cottage we engage with visitors in conversation on difficult topics, from grief to slavery to American identity. Visitors, young and old alike, come here from next door and from around the globe. And occasionally, we get asked a question on a …
Read MoreQ & Abe Episode 2 Bonus Content
Thanks to generous donations from our supporters, we created “Q & Abe” – a podcast that investigates real questions from visitors to the Cottage. This bonus episode accompanies our second episode, Is it ok to call her Aunt Mary?” As we strive to answer the questions for the show, we’ve encountered a wide variety of stories, conversations, and discoveries, not …
Read MoreQ & Abe Episode 2
Episode 2: “Is it ok to call her Aunt Mary?” Every day at President Lincoln’s Cottage we engage with visitors in conversation on difficult topics, from slavery to grief to immigration. Visitors, young and old alike, come here from next door and from around the globe. And occasionally, we get asked a question on a tour that stops us in …
Read MoreQ & Abe Episode 1 Bonus Content
Thanks to generous donations from our supporters, we created “Q & Abe” – a podcast that investigates real questions from visitors to the Cottage. This bonus episode accompanies our first episode, How could Lincoln sleep if slavery was happening? Our journey answering these questions has led to conversations, discoveries, and stories of all kinds, not all of which fit directly within …
Read MoreQ & Abe Episode 1
Episode 1 “How could Lincoln sleep if slavery was happening?” Every day at President Lincoln’s Cottage we engage with visitors in conversation on difficult topics, from slavery to grief to immigration. Visitors, young and old alike, come here from next door and from around the globe. And occasionally, we get asked a question on a tour that stops us in …
Read MoreStaff Spotlight: 10 Questions Kids Ask About Slavery
People often shy away from talking to children about tough, complex subjects like slavery. Working at a Civil War site, those topics are pretty much unavoidable. We polled our front-line staff, including our Museum Program Associates (MPAs), who give guided tours, work with school groups, and field tough questions every day. We wanted to know, what questions have students asked …
Read MoreStaff Spotlight: Our Brave Ideas
Since President Lincoln’s Cottage is a Home for Brave Ideas, we asked staff to reflect on the past ten years: what is a brave idea they have had or witnessed? Read on below: Kevin Lukacs One of the most brave things I’ve witnessed in my life was watching my dad retire from the military. It was difficult for him to …
Read MoreStaff Spotlight: Reflections from AHA Conference
Braving cold temperatures and snow, several staff members of President Lincoln’s Cottage attended the American Historical Association’s 2018 Annual Meeting in early January. The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions, and approximately 4,000 historians attended the conference in Washington D.C. Read below for their reactions to panels on slavery, the Civil …
Read MoreArkansas Resolutions: “Compromise” on the Eve of the Civil War
Arkansas Resolutions: “Compromise” on the Eve of the Civil War by Curtis Harris With each Civil War anniversary, public debate on the cause and meaning of the war as well as the meaning and outcomes of Reconstruction is reinvigorated. That debate has often centered on how we choose to memorialize the war, including who should be memorialized. In October 2017, …
Read MoreThe Loathsome Den– Sexual Assault on the Plantation: #MeToo
The Loathsome Den: Sexual Assault on the Plantation, #MeToo of the 19th century by Curtis Harris In 1868, Elizabeth Keckly published Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. The memoir detailed the 50-year old Keckly’s three decades as a slave, how she secured freedom for herself and her son, and her friendship …
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