President Lincoln's Cottage

11/30/2022

Thank you for your support yesterday on . Friends like you keep our Cottage filled with beauty and brave ideas. If you didn't have a chance to donate, it's not too late: https://www.lincolncottage.org/donate/

11/30/2022

There are only a few more hours to help us reach our goal of $5,000 towards upcoming critical preservation work. Help us keep the Cottage safe and lovely in 2023 and beyond! https://www.lincolncottage.org/donate/

11/29/2022

This , donate to help us reach our goal of $5,000 to support the Cottage in 2023, including continuing critical preservation work. Upcoming preservation projects include:

• Repointing brickwork in the basement to eliminate water intrusion
• Remediation of areas with aging lead-based paint
• Everyday care of this historic structure

Thank you for your support!!
https://www.lincolncottage.org/donate/

11/28/2022

in 1864 President Lincoln received gifts of Thanksgiving. For some modern gifts that Lincoln would love, stop by the Lincoln's Cottage shop. We also sell our bestsellers online: https://www.lincolncottagestore.com/s/shop

11/26/2022

There's something for everyone at the Cottage shop! Visit us this and give the gift of fair trade when you shop our extensive selection. Our best sellers are also online: https://www.lincolncottagestore.com/

11/25/2022

On this popular shopping day we couldn't be more excited for our 2022 shop ornament, made in the likeness of our recently restored veranda, a favorite sitting spot of Abraham Lincoln: https://www.lincolncottagestore.com/product/-pre-order-2022-the-veranda/100?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=6

11/25/2022

President Lincoln's Cottage is where Lincoln lived when he set aside Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Bring your family to this birthplace of Thanksgiving this holiday weekend. You'll come away with a better understanding of both Lincoln and the nation when you visit DC's hidden gem: https://www.lincolncottage.org/tours/

11/24/2022

The History of Pardoning Turkeys Began With Tad Lincoln

Did you know the pardoning of turkeys began with former Cottage resident and animal lover Tad Lincoln? Read all about it:

The rambunctious boy had free rein of the White House, and used it to divert a holiday bird from the butcher's block

11/24/2022

Happy Thanksgiving! Did you know that Abraham Lincoln set aside a national "day of Thanksgiving and Praise" in 1863 while living at President Lincoln's Cottage? We wish you love and peace today.

11/19/2022

in 1863 Abraham Lincoln delivered a short address at Gettysburg. Afterward he lamented that it was a "flat failure." Yet we still heed these words today.

11/18/2022

All Aboard the Gettysburg Special

Wednesday, November 18, 1863.
Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD, and Gettysburg, PA.

President and party leave Washington at 12:10 P.M. on special train of four cars furnished by B. & O. Railroad. Washington Chronicle, 19 November 1863; Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 19 November 1863, 2d ed., 2:2; Nicolay, Lincoln's Secretary, 175.

Party consists of John Nicolay and John Hay, Secretary of State William H. Seward and Secretary of the Interior John P. Usher, Postmaster General Montgomery Blair, several members of diplomatic corps, and foreign visitors, together with military guard from Invalid Corps and Marine band. General Schenck's staff boards additional car at Baltimore about 2 P.M. Hay, Letters and Diary; Washington Chronicle, 19 November 1863.

During ride to Gettysburg President relates number of stories and puts everyone at ease. Little girl presents flowers to President at one stop and receives kiss in return. Rice, 509-13.

Presidential party reaches Camden Station in Baltimore in 1 hour and 10 minutes. Train is transported to North Central tracks at the Bolton Station and leaves that station at 2:00 P.M. It proceeds on that line to Hanover Junction, Pa. Changes to Hanover Line for remainder of trip. Proceeds west to Hanover where "train passing east compelled the Presidential train to halt. . . . The President stepped upon the platform . . . and delivered one of the brief, quaint speeches for which he is celebrated. Said he: 'Well, you had the rebels here last summer . . . did you fight them any?' " Train is delayed 8 minutes at Hanover. DNA—WR, RG 107, Sec. of War Telegrams Received, J. W. Garrett to Stanton, W. P. Smith to Stanton, 18 November 1863; Philadelphia Inquirer, 21 November 1863; Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 19 November 1863, 2d ed., 2:2.

11/15/2022

Are you ready to giggle, chortle, lol, and guffaw? Our last night of 2022 is tonight and we can not WAIT! 🎩

11/15/2022

that Elizabeth Keckly, Mary Lincoln's personal dressmaker and close friend, was also a prominent philanthropist in the African-American community?

During the , thousands of enslaved people escaped across Union lines, settling in makeshift "contraband" camps. In 1862, Keckly and other members of her church founded the Ladies' Contraband Relief Association. She later became President of the association and used her connections in Washington, D.C. to fundraise.

Learn more: https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/elizabeth-keckly-businesswoman-and-philanthropist

11/15/2022

Sunday, November 15, 1863.
Washington, DC.

Lincoln, accompanied by Noah Brooks, visits Gardner's Gallery and poses for photographs. Brooks, Washington, 285

President's bodyguard, Marshal Lamon, announces program for dedication of National Cemetery at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863. Washington Chronicle, 15 November 1863.

11/13/2022

in 1863 Lincoln was famously snubbed by General George McClellan: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mcclellan-snubs-lincoln

11/11/2022

Thank you to all veterans, especially our neighbors at the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

11/10/2022

in 1864, Lincoln spoke these prophetic words. "The strife of the election is but human-nature practically applied to the facts of the case. What has occurred in this case, must ever recur in similar cases. Human-nature will not change. In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak, and as strong; as silly and as wise; as bad and good...."

11/09/2022

Starting TOMORROW support great nonprofits as you accomplish your holiday shopping! ’s Museum Shop Holiday Market is open November 10-12 and features local museum and cultural shops under one roof. RSVP today! strathmore.org/shop

11/09/2022

In Lincoln's Sanctuary, Matthew Pinsker wrote that in 1862, “Reporting that it had grown cold, Lincoln wires his wife, then on a trip to Boston, asking permission to return the household and servants to the White House. The move probably occurs that week.” Pinsker

11/08/2022

Sign up TODAY for tomorrow's virtual discussion of Dr. Pinheiro's groundbreaking research into the effects of military service on Black families: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scholar-sessions-dr-holly-pinheiro-jr-tickets-418001974157?aff=ebdsoporgprofile.

11/04/2022

It's a beautiful evening for the last movie night of the season. It's also the anniversary of the day the Lincoln family moved from the Soldiers' Home back to the White House in 1863.

11/04/2022

Photos from Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum's post

11/04/2022

in 1842 Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd married, which Lincoln desrcribed to a friend as a “matter of profound wonder.” We are thankful these brilliant people found each other, and are sorry for the tragedies they endured. Source: Print by Lloyd Ostendorf

11/02/2022

Have you been to the National Children's Museum? Now is your chance! They have a special exhibit that explores emotions based on the movie Inside Out, and have kindly donated four entry tickets to a drawing at our screening of that movie THIS FRIDAY: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-night-at-president-lincolns-cottage-tickets-395294084247?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

11/02/2022

We just found out we won Best Museum Off the Mall and was Runner Up for Best Music Festival! Thanks to you all for voting! https://bestof2022.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts-and-entert-readers-picks/best-museum-off-the-mall

11/02/2022

Understand the dynamics that created the "long-term negative consequences on the economies, familial dynamics, and relationships of USCT veterans and their families" in our Scholar Session with Dr. Holly Pinheiro one week from today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scholar-sessions-dr-holly-pinheiro-jr-tickets-418001974157?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

11/01/2022

Today, the first day of Dia de los Mu***os, honors children who have died. Tonight we will remember the Lincoln boys who died young by offering up a favorite food: strawberries. Julia Taft Bayne remembered a time when Tad ate all of the strawberries set aside for a State Dinner. Willie told his mother, we imagine with outrage and a touch of jealousy. Not pictured: Eddy, who probably liked strawberries too.

11/01/2022

in 1862, President Lincoln wrote a letter endorsing Captain Derickson and the men of Company K, who guard the Soldiers’ Home, stating they were ‘very agreeable.’

11/01/2022

Here's a pic from last night we wanted to share on . It's a costume inspired by of one of our favorite books for children by our friend Kobi Yamada and published by Compendium. We love it when parents inspire a love of reading early and a love of thinking boldly.

11/01/2022

Ready to get emotional? Inside Out is our final FREE Cottage movie of the season and it’s all happening this Friday: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-night-at-president-lincolns-cottage-tickets-395294084247?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&fbclid=PAAaaKk7cYui01KJk4_jHStDdiwm4TykXXjVVHFRhsjCje0JnMKtJwOMqLh3c Costumes encouraged! 🎩 😢🤢😱🥰

10/31/2022

And the best Halloween costume of the decade goes to....
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10/31/2022

Happy Halloween!! We celebrated a little early at yesterday’s Sherman Circle Spooktacular! 🎃🎩

10/30/2022

158 years ago yesterday (in 1864), Lincoln met with abolitionist and Civil Rights activist Sojourner Truth at the White House. The meeting was captured by Franklin C. Courter in an 1893 painting that was later destroyed in a fire. Luckily for us, a photo of the painting still exists and is posted here.🎩

10/28/2022

in 1864 the Lincoln family moved back to the White House from the Soldiers' Home for the last time

10/27/2022

This day in 1864 was the last full day the Lincoln Family lived at the Cottage.

10/26/2022

We wanted to share ’s awesome content at a recent Cottage wedding this . We love the red dress and colorful foliage! 🎩

10/26/2022

Thanks for for your beautiful partnership and for sharing these photos of round two of 2022 Two Faces Comedy! We had a (thermobaric) BLAST with at Science Comedy, honoring Lincoln's love of science. November 15 is our last comedy show. Don’t miss it! 🎩

10/26/2022

in 1862 Lincoln tells Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney, "If I had had my way, this war would never have been commenced; . . . but we find it still continues; and we must believe that He permits it for some wise purpose of his own, mysterious and unknown to us." Picture of the National Cemetery by Lincoln's Cottage as it looks today.

10/25/2022

No region is 'immune' as the number of people in 'modern slavery' climbs to 50 million

"The pandemic compounded underlying drivers of forced labor: the economic crisis led more people into debt to an employer while the virus put workers under greater health risks." Learn more about the state of modern slavery today:

According to a new report, the number of people subject to forced labor or marriage or trafficking has increased substantially since 2016, with the majority of forced labor cases in rich countries.

10/25/2022

: our own Joan Cummins loved visiting in Springfield and was reminded of the Cottage by the following:

1. The hat stuffed with notes in the bedroom
2. The portraits of George and Martha Washington
3. The marble topped table in the parlor

Have you been to the Lincoln home in ?