All Posts Tagged With: "Abraham Lincoln"
Doc of the Day: Gettysburg Address
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave a short speech (lasting no more than two minutes) at the commemoration of a cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where more than fifty-one thousand Union and Confederate soldiers had died in a battle lasting three days, from July 1 to 3, 1863. This historic battle ended General Robert [...]
19Nov2008 | mdblogger | 1 comment | Continued
Joan E. Cashin on Obama and Lincoln
This year is rich with historical milestones. The U.S. has elected its first African American president, which is significant, to say the least. Next year we observe the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth in Kentucky in 1809, and this year marks the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas debates during the Illinois Senate race.
President-elect [...]
Around the history blogosphere: November 13
Here are some interesting recent posts from other history blogs:
The American Presidents Blog on the history of political cartoons and their influence on presidential elections
The A. Lincoln Blog on a Lincoln photography exhibit in Washington, D.C.
The World History Blog on the discovery of a 3,000-year-old Hebrew text
The A. Lincoln Blog on a letter written by [...]
Around the history blogosphere: October 17
Here are some recent posts related to primary sources from other sites:
The A. Lincoln blog on Barack Obama’s Dreams of My Father, Abraham Lincoln’s writings, and the expectations of a president
The American Presidents Blog on a letter written by William McKinley to his wife about dinner with President Rutherford B. Hayes
History Is Elementary on quotations [...]
Joan E. Cashin on LBJ and race
In August we observe the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The bill, one of the greatest achievements of LBJ’s term, is celebrated for making the suffrage a reality for millions of black voters.
Many people were surprised that Johnson turned out to be so progressive on the issue [...]
Joan E. Cashin: Abraham Lincoln as Writer
Next year, the nation celebrates the anniversay of Abraham Lincoln’s birth in Kentucky in 1809, and many historical conferences will mark the event. Only two among many: one in Louisville, Kentucky, in October 2008 (see www.filsonhistorical.org/callforpapers%202008.html), when scholars will compare and contrast Lincoln with Jefferson Davis. (Both of them are Kentucky natives, believe it or [...]
30Jul2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued