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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Four Score Speaker Series: Leonne M. Hudson. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us Tuesday, April 7, 2026, for an exciting conversation with author Leonne M. Hudson on his latest book Black Americans in Mourning: Reactions to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On April 1...

Reminder that I'll be talking to Leonne Hudson tonight about his excellent book on how African Americans mourned Lincoln. Register below to join us:

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Ugh, multitasking

Exited to share I've resumed my role as Editor of the Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. If you're working on something about Lincoln, please consider submitting it to the address below or drop me a line if you'd like to write a book review.

www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/?id...

Sure, I'll play.

Most people who visit museums are interested in learning about the subject of the museum.

Absolutely. I'm having a similar experience with something I'm doing now and it feels great.

Oh yeah. I didn't see it coming either and it turned into one of the things I enjoyed the most about my old job.

I feel like we already did this awhile back and I had the same answer but:

Most history museums can't actually prove that 90% of the things in their collections are what they say they are, and probably don't know how they got them either.

The Ontario Science Centre. I can't even count how many times a school took me there. Regrettably gone now but totally slapped.

Never before has a story so fully touched my dual identity as a Canadian and Civil War historian.

Currently trapped in some sort of purgatory where food delivery services think my house is another house a block away and keep showing up on my back deck, for some reason, with food I never ordered.

'Yankee Doodle' Was One of America's Earliest Protest Songs. But Its Origins Are Shrouded in Mystery Historians have debunked many of the popular theories surrounding the tune's creation. Still, its legacy as a patriotic anthem endures

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I don’t know how many times people have to say this, but if you really are and feel like a writer, you *need* to write. It’s the best part of your job, it’s the part that you find satisfying, it’s why you chose to do what you do. Writers are not trying to escape the writing part!

nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up

Yes, Bliss is the last of the 5 copies written in Lincoln's hand. All five are a little different but when people quote the speech, it's usually this one.

The Gettysburg Address (1863) National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for The Gettysburg Address (1863)

The speech is so well known, we often don't absorb its meaning. Lincoln speech opens stating clearly that the Revolution was to preserve equality and ends saying rule of, by, and for the people is what preserves it. See for yourself 2/2

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On Lincoln's birthday, it's useful to remember he believed the primary goal of the American experiment was to guarantee "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" and the best way to achieve that goal was through free and fair elections. It's basically the thesis of the Gettysburg Address. 1/2

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Richard Carwardine. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Please join our guest moderator, Dr. Christian McWhirter, at 2 p.m. CT on Thursday, February 12, 2026, for an enlightening conversation with author Dr. Richard Carwardine on his latest book, Righteous...

Join me tomorrow on Lincoln's birthday for a conversation with one of my favorite historians, Richard Carwardine. We'll be discussing his wonderful new book Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union.

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post a banger that isn't in English

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Obituary: Gabor Boritt, Immigrant, Refugee-Turned-Renowned Scholar of Lincoln and American Civil War History, Dies at 86 - Gettysburg Connection Gabor S. Boritt, renowned author, scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War, founder of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, and

Here is an obituary for Civil War historian Gabor Boritt, who passed away a few days ago. A remarkable life. gettysburgconnection.org/obituary-gab...

Very much looking forward to leading a virtual discussion tonight with the Grayslake Heritage Center about George Saunders's excellent Lincoln In the Bardo and how it interacts with Lincoln's ever-evolving popular image:

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The Dusty Towne Sexy Holiday Special YouTube video by SCTV

And my personal favorite, Dusty Towne

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SCTV - Lola's Love Spirit YouTube video by The Second City

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SCTV - Katharine Hepburn for Twillings Tea YouTube video by SCTV

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If you've got the old SCTV DVDs, do yourself a favor and listen to the commentary she did with Andrea Martin on a few episodes. She didn't get nearly enough credit for what she did behind the scenes on that show.

This one hits my Canadian heart hard. I grew up with SCTV and she's popped up in things throughout my life. Always 100% committed and hilarious. Truly we've lost a great one

12:184 ・11、81 E mnhs.org 凸 First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment | MNopedia Written by Hampton Smith | Mar 13, 2012 6:00:00 AM The First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment holds a special place in the history of Minnesota. It was the first body of troops raised by the state for Civil War service, and it was among the first regiments of any state offered for national service. As part of the Union Army of the Potomac, the First Minnesota saw action in most of the major battles in the war's Eastern Theater, which included the states of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, among others. The First Minnesota won a reputation as a hard-fighting regiment, particularly after its dramatic, sacrificial action at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. After the war, the First Minnesota became legendary and a symbol of the Civil War service of all Minnesotans.

On July 2, 1863, the second day of fighting at Gettysburg, the First Minnesota helped General Winfield S. Hancock hold the Union line against advancing Confederate soldiers. Outnumbered three or four to one, the First Minnesota fought the Confederates at close range over 300 yards of open ground near Cemetery Ridge. The next day, the First Minnesota contributed to the repulse of Pickett's Charge, which effectively ended the Battle of Gettysburg and served as a turning point in the war. Two soldiers from the First Minnesota, Corporal Henry O'Brien and Private Marshall Sherman, received the Congressional Medal of Honor for their actions that day. But the regiment's fighting at Gettysburg came at a cost: hundreds of Minnesota soldiers died or were wounded, and the regiment was nearly destroyed.

A good time to remind everyone of the Minnesota First. One of the earliest state militias to volunteer to fight in the Civil War—three years after joining the Union! Provided one of the essential turning points at Gettysburg. Took the flag of the Virginia regiment they captured AND STILL HAVE IT.

Being back in Canada (which has an adjacent accent) has taught me all they need to say is "Costco"