March 18, 2015.  A number of official organizations celebrate March as Women’s History Month.  This month the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the National Park Service, and the Smithsonian (just to name a few national institutions) will be honoring ... Read More

Today, March 4, marks the sesquicentennial of Lincoln's second inauguration.   In the morning the president gave his timeless speech from the steps of the Capital Building. In a brief, and what must have been jarring address to many, the president ... Read More

Today, February 27, marks the anniversary of Lincoln’s Cooper Union Address. In October 1859, Abraham Lincoln accepted an invitation to lecture at Henry Ward Beecher's church in Brooklyn, New York. However, when Lincoln arrived in New York, the Young Men's Republican Union ... Read More