Posts Tagged as ‘Washington’
October 29, 2009
2010 Tour Tickets Now Available!
President Lincoln’s Cottage tour tickets for January-June 2010 are now available for purchase. Tickets may be purchased online through Etix by visiting www.lincolncottage.org or by calling 1-800-3849 (Etix).
All admission rates and discounts remain the same.
Tour tickets for July-December 2010, will be made available in late spring.
August 1, 2009
Special Promo for DC Residents!
Every weekday in August DC residents receive one free ticket with the purchase of a regular adult ticket AND 10% off in the Museum Store at President Lincoln’s Cottage.
*Promotion is available at President Lincoln’s Cottage with a valid DC identification card or other proof of residence and is not available through online ticket purchases. Must buy a [...]
July 20, 2009
Take a Vacation in the Country Right Here in DC!
President Lincoln’s Cottage will offer a “Buy One Get One Free” promotion to all DC residents for weekday tours in the month of August.
The Details:
With the purchase of a regular $12 adult ticket, DC residents will get a second adult ticket free of charge and 10% off any merchandise purchase in the Museum Store that [...]
June 4, 2009
President Lincoln’s Cottage, One of Washington’s “Best Things To Do”
By Callie Hawkins
After hearing from many visitors that President Lincoln’s Cottage is Washington, DC’s best kept secret, I have become interested in finding out how our visitors hear about our site in our second year open to the public. I was intrigued one afternoon after giving a tour when a visitor told me that her [...]
March 6, 2009
Lincoln’s Personal Physician
By George Wellman
President Abraham Lincoln’s personal physician is buried in the Rock Creek Church Cemetery. Doctor Robert King Stone (1822-1872) is buried in the Stone family mausoleum just one block north from the Lincoln Cottage. He is among over 100,000 buried in the oldest cemetery in Washington, DC. The family mausoleum is located in Section [...]
February 25, 2009
Lincoln’s Commute Website Launched
By Erin Carlson Mast
While President Lincoln lived at the Soldiers’ Home with his family, he often commuted to the White House and other locations in downtown Washington, returning each night to the Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home. First hand accounts tell us about the many people and places Lincoln passed along his commute, including the [...]
February 20, 2009
Cub Scouts Visit President Lincoln’s Cottage
By Leslie Bouterie
On Saturday, February 14, a group of young Lincoln enthusiasts paid a visit to President Lincoln’s Cottage. Nine Cub Scouts from Pack 90 from Blessed Sacrament School in Washington, D.C. participated in the “Lincoln’s Hat” program, which combines history and fun.
Donning top hats, the scouts first enjoyed a reading of the story of Abraham [...]
February 19, 2009
President Lincoln’s Cottage Celebrates One Year Anniversary
By Erin Carlson Mast
Today marks the one year anniversary of opening President Lincoln’s Cottage to the public. The site opened following a 7 year project to research, restore, and interpret the Gothic Revival Cottage Lincoln lived in for a full quarter of his presidency, rehabilitate the historic landscape, and sustainably rehabilitate the 1905 Beaux Arts [...]
February 19, 2009
“Cottage Conversations” Speaker Series 2009
By Erin Carlson Mast
The President Lincoln’s Cottage speaker series, “Cottage Conversations,” will continue throughout the Lincoln Bicentennial. Past speakers include Chandra Manning for What This Cruel War Was Over (2008), Stephen Berry for House of Abraham (2007), and Burrus Carnahan for Act of Justice (2007).
Cottage Conversations: Inside the Lincoln Household, part I
Michael Burlingame, Abraham Lincoln: [...]
