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President Lincoln at the Soldiers' Home


The Soldiers' Home - President Lincoln's Cottage | A Home for Brave ...

The Soldiers' Home has remained in continual service since 1851, offering veterans of the US Armed Forces an opportunity to enjoy an active retirement in ...

President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home - Wikipedia

President Abraham Lincoln and his family resided seasonally on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home to escape the heat and political pressure of downtown ...

Soldiers' Home - Mr. Lincoln's White House

The home was originally built by a Washington banker who sold it for use by old or injured soldiers. It was founded in the early 1850s by General Winfield Scott ...

President Lincoln at the Soldiers' Home | A Home for Brave Ideas

Abraham Lincoln, his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and their youngest son, Tad (born in 1853), lived in the cottage at the Soldiers' Home during the warm weather ...

President Lincoln's Cottage: A Retreat (Teaching with Historic Places)

President Abraham Lincoln and his family spent the summers of 1862, 1863, and 1864 living in a cottage on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, a ...

The Soldiers' Home: First Presidential Retreat

James Buchanan was the first to engage the Old Soldiers' Home as a summer retreat and thus made it the first “official” presidential summer house. The president ...

'The Lincoln shiver': a visit to the Soldiers' Home, a less-known ...

Abraham Lincoln needed an escape more than anyone but his bolt hole was closer to home: a cottage at the Soldiers' Home, on a hill north of the ...

President Lincoln's Cottage, a National Trust Historic Site

... President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home. “If my name ever goes ... Reproduction of the desk that President Lincoln brought from the White House ...

Lincoln's Cottage and the Emancipation Proclamation

President Lincoln and his family moved to a house at the Soldier's Home, three miles north of the White House overlooking the city, for the summer season.

President Lincoln & soldier's home national monument

OVERVIEW. The Lincoln Cottage, located in Washington, DC, on the campus of the United States Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH), is one of the most significant ...

President Lincoln's cottage at Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C.

Located on a picturesque hilltop at the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C., President Lincoln's Cottage is the most significant historic site directly ...

President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument

The President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument is under the juris- diction of the Armed Forces Retirement Home (hereinafter referred to as simply.

Lincoln Cottage | C-SPAN.org

A tour was given of Abraham Lincoln's cottage at the Soldier's Home. The Soldier's Home was founded in 1851 and served as a residence for ...

Hi I'm Paul, an interpreter at President Lincoln's Cottage ... - Reddit

From 12:45- 2:45 pm today I'll be answering questions about “the Cottage at the Soldiers' Home” and how this place and the people he met here ...

President Lincoln's cottage at Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C.

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"Lincoln Cottage" at the Soldiers' Home - Civil War Talk

Front of the house used by the family of Abraham Lincoln during the summers of 1862 through 1864. The structure known today as the Lincoln ...

[Lincoln's Sanctuary: The Soldiers' Home] | C-SPAN.org

Mr. Pinsker talked about his book, [Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home,] published by Oxford University Press, ...

Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home

A look at Lincoln's life and cottage outside Washington, a retirement quarters for Army veterans - a place where he could escape the unceasing burdens of ...

Lincoln's Commute Was as Long as Yours is Today - VA News

“He called it the President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument,” Mast said. A fitting title due to the fact that the Soldiers ...

President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home Historical Marker

President Lincoln and his family lived in this country home for over a quarter of his presidency. Escorted by his cavalry guard, Lincoln rode to the White ...