Remembering Lincoln

The Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers: The Long and Winding Road to the Library of Congress by Michelle A. Krowl   The history of the Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of...

From the Collection SELLING LINCOLN by Jessie Cortesi Senior Lincoln Librarian, Allen County Public Library   With his undeniable, unmistakable name recognition, Abraham Lincoln has in death become a national—if not worldwide—canvas for selling just about anything. His rags to...

LITTLE SISTER Emilie Todd Helm and the Lincolns by Angela Esco Elder She expected to hear “Fee, fi, fo, fum!” He was tall, a stranger, walking in her home, shaking hands with adults in the wide hall. As her eyes...

                      Book Review Getting Right With Lincoln: Correcting Misconceptions About Our Greatest President by Edward Steers Jr. Lincoln Illuminated and Remembered by William C. Harris Review by Jason Emerson   There’s...

Jessie Cortesi & Jane Gastineau - Upon President Abraham’s Lincoln death on April 15, 1865, the nation turned from celebrations for Union victory to mourning for their fallen chief. Immediately, the nation’s manufacturers turned to supplying the public’s demand for…

The Biblical Texts in Memorial Sermons for Abraham Lincoln Mark Noll   In the wake of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, churches and synagogues became the most prominent sites for the nation’s most fervent memorials to the slain president. Usually the centerpiece...

William E. Bartelt & Joshua A. Claybourn: Abe’s Youth: Shaping the Future President J. Edward Murr, edited by Joshua Claybourn: Abraham Lincoln’s Wilderness Years: Collected Works of J. Edward Murr Review Essay by Andrew F. Lang The “Lincoln legend” goes...

Edward Achorn, The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention that Changed History Book Review by Phelps Gay Sixty-three years ago, the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission published a three-volume work called Lincoln Day by Day, A Chronology, 1809-1865, edited by Earl Schenck...

Placing the Platform: Using 3D Technology to Pinpoint Lincoln at Gettysburg By Christopher Oakley The following presentation was delivered at The Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg on November 18, 2022. It has been slightly revised for clarity. One hundred fifty-nine years...

Lincoln & the Franchise M. Kelly Tillery, Esq. “The most fundamental right in America is the right to vote—and to have it counted. And it’s under assault. In state after state, new laws have been passed, not only to suppress...

  Lincoln & Truman: Varied Expressions of the American Spirit By Max J. Skidmore There is, to be sure, an element of unfairness in a comparison of any other president with Abraham Lincoln. It’s a rare presidential ranking that fails...

Abraham Lincoln and Dwight D. Eisenhower were strangely alike in some respects—kindred spirits. I have often wondered about the nature of this interesting correspondence in my research about presidents. I have been working on Lincoln more or less continuously since…

Lincoln & the League By Allen Guelzo The Union League of Philadelphia has occupied the grand corner of Broad and Sansom Streets in Philadelphia since 1865, and, though it remains today one of the most vibrant social and professional organizations...

We Mourn Our Fallen Father: Abraham Lincoln’s Easter Sermon and the Beginning of his Martyrdom By Kayla Gustafson During his life, Abraham Lincoln bore a myriad of nicknames: the Railsplitter, Honest Abe, Father Abraham, and the Liberator, just to name...

In Defense of History Sara Gabbard  Daniel Boorstin, Pulitzer Prize winning historian and Librarian of Congress, once said that “trying to plan for the future without a sense of the past is like trying to plant cut flowers.”   A...