By Jasper Collier
On August 8th, as part of a National Trust for Historic Preservation employee event, several President Lincoln’s Cottage staff members joined in on a hard-hat tour of the renovations in progress at the Smithsonian National American History Museum. Perhaps because the tour I was on was led by Jim Gardner, the project manager for [...]
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June 25, 2008
“Group Hopes to Bring Lincoln Collection to Washington”
The Washington Post published an article today about the efforts of President Lincoln’s Cottage, Library of Congress, National Museum of American History, and Ford’s Theater to bring The Lincoln Financial collection to Washington, D.C. The collection is currently housed at The Lincoln Museum, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which will close its doors June 30, 2008.
“Group [...]
April 30, 2008
“In Pursuit of Emancipation” Exhibit Ends Today
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 [...]
April 11, 2008
“In Pursuit of Emancipation” Exhibit Ends April 30th
By Erin Carlson Mast
“If my name ever goes into history, it will be for this act, and my whole soul is in it.”
-Abraham Lincoln
The inaugural special exhibit, In Pursuit of Emancipation: Documenting Lincoln’s Decision to Proclaim Freedom, at President Lincoln’s Cottage, ends April 30th, 2008. The exhibit opened to the public as part of the Grand Opening [...]
