Occasionally we receive requests for access to the Armed Forces Retirement Home (aka Soldiers’ Home)archives. While we, The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a non-profit organization, have an agreement with the Home to steward President Lincoln’s Cottage, we are not their repository for archival materials.
Since the Armed Forces Retirement Home is a federal agency, their records are housed [...]
By Erin Carlson Mast
A member of the construction management company that oversaw preservation and restoration of the Cottage interior and rehabilitation of the Visitor Education Center recently forwarded us a photo he snapped in the Cottage in March 2007.
This view shows workers removing loose paint in the entry hallway. In the foreground is the library [...]
By Erin Carlson Mast
Today is your last chance to see the inaugural special exhibit, In Pursuit of Emancipation: Documenting Lincoln’s Decision to Proclaim Freedom, at President Lincoln’s Cottage. The exhibit closes its doors today at 5:30pm after a 3 month run. The exhibit was featured in pre-opening events and was opened to the public as part [...]
By Erin Carlson Mast
President Lincoln’s Cottage won a Silver MUSE Award yesterday evening for its “Lincoln’s Toughest Decisions” interactive. The award, given annually at the American Association of Museums (AAM) conference, recognizes outstanding achievement in museum media.
”Lincoln’s Toughest Decisions,” is an innovative interpretive program which puts visitors in the role of President Lincoln’s cabinet members. The program can be run for groups or used [...]
By Erin Carlson Mast
Yesterday, Senator Clinton challenged Senator Obama to a ”Lincoln-Douglas style debate,” where the candidates ask each other questions rather than having a moderator pose questions to each candidate. Although the Lincoln-Douglas debates were reprinted during the presidential campaign of 1860, the debates originally took place in 1858 during Illinois race for the United States [...]
By Erin Carlson Mast
Just as there are countless scholarly books and articles about President Lincoln, there are numerous parodies involving the 16th President. One of the classic (and G-rated) spoofs staring “Lincoln” is Bob Newhart’s Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Avenue, recorded in 1960, which begins with the question, “What would politics have been like during the Civil War if it [...]
By Erin Carlson Mast
This is a photo of President Lincoln’s Cottage shrouded in fog around 8:30am this morning. The Sherman Tower (known as Scott Tower in Lincoln’s time) is barely visible in the background.
Ms. Erin Mast is Curator at President Lincoln’s Cottage.
By Erin Carlson Mast
Today begins ”summer” hours at President Lincoln’s Cottage. The Visitor Education Center is now open an hour later every day of the week and there is an additional tour everyday at 4pm.
Summer hours are in effect from April Fool’s Day through Halloween–no foolin’. For details, see below.
Summer Hours (April 1st – October 31st)
Monday- Saturday
Cottage Tours: [...]
By Erin Carlson Mast
With contribution from Douglas L. Wilson
We are privileged to have amongst our advisors Douglas L. Wilson, Co-Director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College and author of such books as Lincoln’s Sword, 2007 winner of the Lincoln Prize. Wilson agreed to deliver the keynote address at the President Lincoln’s Cottage Grand Opening [...]
By Erin Carlson Mast
There is a new book about the history of President Lincoln and the Soldiers’ Home from author David Bruce Smith. The book, “Three Miles from Providence: A Tale of Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers’ Home,” is a fictional diary of one of Lincoln’s Presidential guards and his descendants from the Civil War era [...]
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