The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia
Resolved By the House of Representatives, That the President of the United States be respectfully requested to inform this House --
1st. Whether the spot on which the blood of our citizens was shed, as in his messages declared, was or was not within the territory of Spain, at least after the treaty of 1819, until the Mexican revolution.
Read more about the Lincoln's Spot Resolutions...
The repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and the propriety of its restoration, constitute the subject of what I am about to say...
And, as this subject is no other, than part and parcel of the larger general question of domestic-slavery, I wish to MAKE and to KEEP the distinction between the EXISTING institution, and the EXTENSION of it, so broad, and so clear, that no honest man can misunderstand me, and no dishonest one, successfully misrepresent me.
Read more about the Peoria Speech...
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.
I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I do not expect the house to fall -- but I do expect it will cease to be divided.
It will become all one thing or all the other.
Read more about the House Divided Speech...
Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves. LET US HAVE FAITH THAT RIGHT MAKES MIGHT, AND IN THAT FAITH, LET US, TO THE END, DARE TO DO OUR DUTY AS WE UNDERSTAND IT.
My friends - No one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe every thing. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.
Read more about Lincoln's Farewell Speech...
... Second. That the Writ of Habeas Corpus is suspended in respect to all persons arrested, or who are now, or hereafter during the rebellion shall be, imprisoned in any fort, camp, arsenal, military prison, or other place of confinement by any military authority of by the sentence of any Court Martial or Military Commission...
Read more about the Suspension of the Writ of habeas Corpus...
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal...
that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom— and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Read more of the Gettysburg Address...
I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am a living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has. It is in order that each of you may have through this free government which we have enjoyed, an open field and a fair chance for your industry, enterprise and intelligence; that you may all have equal privileges in the race of life, with all its desirable human aspirations...
With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.
Read more of the Second Inaugural Address...
In the News
“’Copperhead’ is unlike any movie ever made about the Civil War. A compelling, surprising and unforgettable human story about the conflict off the battlefield. Ron Maxwell completes his trilogy of GETTYSBURG and GODS AND GENERALS in a powerful way. It also is the perfect companion piece for LINCOLN and stands tall next to it. A must-see in every way.”
New Movie "Copperhead" in theaters in June 2013
Major Events Coming Up
April 16, 2013 - Lincoln Group Meeting at Pier 7
May 4, 2013 - Symposium "Lincoln, Lieber, and Powers of War
May 21, 2013 - Lincoln Group Meeting at Pier 7
June 8, 2013 - Motorcoach Tour of the Seven Days Battle
November 8, 2014 - Election of 1864 Symposium
March 2015 - 2nd Inaugural Reenactment on Capitol Hill
April 2015 - Lincoln Funeral Train Reenactment
May 2015 - Grand Review
May 2015 - Living History Encampment on the Mall
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