The Lincoln Memorial honors a great man and provides a place where visitors can reflect on a watershed time in American history. The site for the Lincoln Memorial was decided as an extension of the National Mall, a long linear parkland that is a central area of Washington D.C. The Capitol building stands at one end…

Presidents Day is a few weeks away (Feb. 20), as is Ash Wednesday (Feb. 22), which is George Washington’s birthday and the beginning of the Lenten season. Back in 2012, for Presidents Day, a group of Washington historians came up with a unique idea to pay tribute to our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. To physically…

Although a hefty read at 916 pages, “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” is not scholarly. Yet the size of this prize-winning book conveys the weight of Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet choices, as well as the strategic mind that eventually garnered his rivals’ respect. On the eve of the Civil War, the 16th…

Commentary As Congresswoman Liz Cheney was being decisively repudiated by the voters of Wyoming (66 percent to 29 percent is a repudiation), her smug Eastern establishment certainty of moral virtue remained intact. However, in describing her situation with the words of Abraham Lincoln, she skewed the historic record. If Lincoln had only garnered 29 percent…

Commentary The world has reacted with shock to the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe. Abe was the Prime Minister of Japan on two occasions, from 2006 to 2007 and 2012 to 2020, when he resigned for health reasons. But he maintained his interest in politics and continued to advocate on…

In all the commemorative and even demonizing books written about 16th president Abraham Lincoln since his assassination 157 years ago, none show us his towering, 6-foot-4-inch frame squatting. But John Cribb’s 2020 novel, “Old Abe,” opens with, “He squatted, … whittling on a pine stick.” It is a picture of an average American man passing…

When you say Abraham Lincoln, you say America’s greatest hero. A man that was, is, and will always remain an example on how you can surpass your background, no matter how humble it may be, and become one of the most impactful personalities in mankind history. I have admired his remarkable story, personality, and wisdom…

A bust of President Abraham Lincoln and a plaque of the Gettysburg Address have been removed from a Cornell University Library following a complaint, according to reports. Randy Wayne, a professor of biology at Cornell, said the library had removed the display, after “someone complained,” according to the higher education news website, College Fix.  The bust of Lincoln…

A plane buzzed over the Black Hills of South Dakota in the summer of 1927. It swooped and dove through the air, entertaining President Calvin Coolidge and his family below. The pilot dropped a wreath of flowers to this little crowd and sped away. The Coolidges had chosen the large Game Lodge in Custer State…

An episodic biography of the 16th president of the United States. Director: D.W. Griffith Writers: Stephen Vincent Benet, adaptation for the screen John W. Considine Jr., story Gerrit J. Lloyd, continuity and dialogue Starring： Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne Credit: Public Domain Movie: publicdomainmovie.net * Click the “Save” button below the video to access…