On the Anniversary of Lincoln’s Assassination, His Last Speech
Today, April 15th, is the anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination. Four days before, the president had delivered his last public address. It was his official acknowledgement of the Confederate surrender. But […]
Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln called for national days of Thanksgiving more than once during the Civil War. On April 10, 1862, after the union victory at Shiloh and the fall of the […]
The Gettysburg Address: Lincoln’s “Silly Remarks”
Today, on the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, it is difficult to conceive that the most often memorized political speech from our history was not immediately hailed as a […]
Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address
The previous installation of this blog focused on Lincoln’s view of the nature of the Civil War. Looking at his 1862 letter to Horace Greeley, one may come to the […]
A Picture of Silver Framing an Apple of Gold
September 17, Constitution Day, is not as vivid in the American imagination as is the Fourth of July. But the two dates will need one another forever in American history. On […]