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web site of The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, Inc. The Lincoln Group was founded in 1935, and is a non-profit, tax-exempt historical society with a nationwide membership devoted to the study of Abraham Lincoln. It holds monthly dinner programs (except during June, July and August) in Washington, D.C., featuring nationally and locally recognized Lincoln scholars and specialists. In addition, The Lincoln Group sponsors a variety of Lincoln-related social events throughout the year, and membership includes a June picnic at an historic site in the Washington, D.C., area and a subscription to The Lincolnian, our bi-monthly newsletter.
The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia is the oldest, continuously active Lincoln society in America. It is actively involved in supporting the preservation of historic monuments and battlefields and in assisting authors, writers and lecturers in their research by providing them with historic information and sources. The Lincoln Group played a key role in the major, three-volume reference work, Lincoln Day by Day 1809 - 1865, and has been publicly credited with being instrumental in the decision to permanently illuminate the Lincoln Memorial at night.
The Lincoln Group has been honored by Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George W. Bush.
Now Available: The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia
Guide to Lincoln Sites In and Around Washington, DC
The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia has published The Guide to Lincoln Sites In and Around Washington, DC as one of our Lincoln Bicentennial initiatives. Authored by former Lincoln Group President Burris Carnahan, the guide made its debut earlier this year. Those who attended the Lincoln Bicentennial Banquet on February 12, 2009, received a copy of the guide as a remembrance of the evening.
The 44-page publication describes Lincoln-related sites not only in the city of Washington but also in the neighboring states of Maryland and Virginia...
Bicentennial Birthday Celebration for
President Abraham Lincoln
The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia celebrated the bicentennial birthday of President Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 2009, at The Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. Everyone who attended the banquet had a wonderful time.
Please take a look at some of the photographs taken at the celebration:
And don't miss the video of the wonderful toast given by Harold Holzer.
Lincoln Exhibit at the Smithsonian
Take a Thumbnail Tour of Abraham Lincoln Treasures, presented by The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, courtesy of the National Museum of American History, Behring Center.
In honor of the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln this February, the Smithsonian Institution will present to the public their rare holdings of treasured Lincoln artifacts. The LGDC was privileged to view these items in advance. Harry Rubenstein, Chair and Curator of the Division of Politics and Reform, along with his staff, presented these items from Mr. Lincoln's early life, political life, and his death.
The National Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., will reopen to the public on November 21, 2008. The Lincoln exhibit will open in January 2009 and remain open for two years.
The Lincoln Award
The Lincoln Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Lincoln Group for contributions to Lincoln studies and/or the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, Inc. The Lincoln Award was created in 1996, and is presented each May at The Annual Mike Maione Lecture and Lincoln Award presentation.
elcome to the
web site of The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, Inc. The Lincoln Group was founded in 1935, and is a non-profit, tax-exempt historical society with a nationwide membership devoted to the study of Abraham Lincoln. It holds monthly dinner programs (except during June, July and August) in Washington, D.C., featuring nationally and locally recognized Lincoln scholars and specialists. In addition, The Lincoln Group sponsors a variety of Lincoln-related social events throughout the year, and membership includes a June picnic at an historic site in the Washington, D.C., area and a subscription to The Lincolnian, our bi-monthly newsletter.
