By President Lincoln’s Cottage Staff
It’s the Lincoln bicentennial year and new books about Lincoln are published every month. How do you decide what books to read? President Lincoln’s Cottage staff stay abreast of new publications on Lincoln to make sure we have a great selection available in the Museum Store. Of course we don’t spend [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Lincoln Bicentennial’
June 29, 2009
Your Lincoln Summer Reading List
June 23, 2009
Alaska Children’s Choir to Perform June 26th at the Cottage
On Friday morning, June 26, at 10:00 a.m., the Alaska Children’s Choir will perform as part of their Lincoln Bicentennial Tour at President Lincoln’s Cottage. The brief a capella performance (lasting approximately 20-30 minutes) will take place in the outdoor amphitheater adjacent to the Robert H. Smith Visitor Education Center. No reservations or tickets are [...]
June 22, 2009
“Ace of Cakes” Makes Lincoln Bicentennial Cake to Resemble the Cottage
Reprinted from the Spring 2009 edition of the Lincoln Forum Bulletin, with permission from the Lincoln Forum.
Darla and David Moe, two long-time and devoted members of the Lincoln Forum, generously donated a birthday cake for our members to enjoy at our November symposium.
The cake, designed personally by Darla Moe, was a 3D replica of President [...]
June 2, 2009
Hilltop Elementary is “All About Abraham”
Contributed by Mary Ellen Hughes
Hilltop Elementary has created an entire page of their website dedicated to the Lincoln bicentennial, called “All About Abraham.”
A collaboration of student and staff work, the website looks at important people and events in Lincoln’s life, from meeting and wedding Mary Todd to his debates with Stephen A. Douglas.
Ms. Hughes’ Overview of the [...]
May 28, 2009
In Mrs. Johnson’s Class, Lincoln Lives
Contributed by Janet Johnson
Regular readers may recall a post from Ms. Johnson’s 6th grade class from Pine Street Elementary in Wayland, Michigan, sharing ways to incorporate the Lincoln Bicentennial into classroom lessons. Mrs. Johnson’s 6th graders did not stop there in their quest for Lincoln knowledge, and four of them are finalists in a global Lincoln [...]
May 26, 2009
1950s Painting Depicts Lincoln Writing Emancipation Proclamation at Soldiers’ Home
By Erin A. C. Mast
Jes W. Schlaikjer was an official artist for the U.S. government and well known painter of portraits and historic scenes in the mid 1900s. A great admirer of Abraham Lincoln, Schlaikjer determined to paint a historical scene of Lincoln toiling on the Emancipation Proclamation one evening in September 1862 at the [...]
May 15, 2009
Second of the New Lincoln Pennies Released
By Erin Carlson Mast
Lincoln enthusiasts and numismatists have something new to celebrate today. The second of four new Lincoln pennies was released this morning in Indiana, where Lincoln lived for 14 years.
For more about the Indiana boyhood Lincoln penny: http://www.14wfie.com/global/story.asp?s=10363834 and http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/lincolnredesign/index.cfm?action=lincolnPenny&Aspect=2
For more about the Lincoln bicentennial pennies, visit the U.S. Mint website.
Ms. Mast is the Curator [...]
May 6, 2009
Finding Abe Lincoln, 21st Century Style
By Erin Carlson Mast
President Lincoln’s Cottage staff members are big fans of the Rosenbach Museum & Library website, “21st Century Abe.” This website combines art, commentary, digital manuscripts, and opportunities to create your own Lincolniana, write as if you were a journalist in Lincoln’s time, or design a poster. There is something for every Lincoln [...]
April 3, 2009
“Lincoln For Lincoln” at Holy Spirit Elementary School
By Alison Mitchell
The “Give A Lincoln For Lincoln” campaign, sponsored by the History Channel, has taken off around the country in hopes of raising money to support historic Lincoln sites that help to preserve his legacy. A number of schools have generously participated and one local school has done a particularly impressive job in [...]
March 30, 2009
“The Lincoln Assassination:Myths and Mysteries” Program in New York
A free lecture on April 16, 2009, featuring Dr. Blaine V. Houmes, M.D. will examine the myths and mysteries of the Lincoln assassination.
Dr. Houmes is an emergency physician and former medical examiner. His published work has investigated the life of President Lincoln, his health, and the medical aspects of his assassination. On April16th, Dr.Houmes will [...]
