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Harold Holzer spoke about the White House during the Lincoln administration. He spoke about Lincoln's office, now known as the Lincoln bedroom, the use of the residence during the U.S. Civil War ...
The following commentary states incorrectly that U.S. Army doctors Alexander Augusta and Anderson Abbott were among a small group of black visitors at the New Year’s reception at the White House ...
In spring 1864, President Abraham Lincoln invited a guest to one of his private rooms in the White House – the room he often napped and read his Bible in.His visitor was Caroline Johnson, a ...
For one day only, Abraham Lincoln was back in the White House. President Barack Obama hosted a private screening this afternoon of the movie Lincoln, director Steven Spielberg's big-screen look at ...
A hundred and ninety-eight years after Abraham Lincoln's birth, the White House's Lincoln Bedroom finally looks like a room the great man would recognize.Until recently, Lincoln furniture and a copy ...
Two nights after Lincoln’s reelection, on Nov. 10, 1864, the Lincoln Clubs of the District of Columbia marched to the White House to serenade him on his victory. A cannon was repeatedly fired in ...
Jean Baker talked about life in the Lincoln White House. Topics included the Lincoln family, the importance of presidential festivities, and the Washington social scene. After her prepared remarks,… ...
Lincoln also mentioned limited voting rights for Black men in a speech at the White House on April 11, 1865, arguing that Black men who were educated or served in the Army deserve the right to vote.
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