Register for the Fourth Cantigny Summer Symposium! Join us on Saturday, June 20, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The event takes place at the picturesque Cantigny Park Visitor Center in Wheaton, Illinois, with an audience eager to explore Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy.
Symposium registration is free to current ALA members. For those not current ALA members, the registration fee is $20. To confirm ALA membership, email Kay Smith at [email protected]. Deadline for registration (and receipt of payment) is June 15, 2026.
To register, please complete the event form on our website: https://t.co/4JW3kDZXkZ
President Barack Obama (@BarackObama) writes about Abraham Lincoln and what held the Union together when everything was working to pull it apart.
At the center is Lincoln's argument that individual liberty and the common good aren't opposing forces, and that a democracy survives only when its citizens keep choosing to bind their fates together.
In August, ALA Board Member Andrew Lang will join the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin as Professor of History and Constitutional Studies. We look forward to his continued scholarship! https://t.co/U5giEYaHOa
Trivia Tuesday Question: Which line was NOT in Lincoln's First Inaugural Address?
a. “In your hands…not in mine.”
b. "Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray..."
c. “The mystic chords of memory..."
d. "The better angels of our nature.”
#OnThisDay in 1849, Lincoln received a patent for a device to lift boats over shoals - a tie to his interest in river navigation along the Mississippi River. Lincoln is the only U.S. president to hold a patent.
Join the Abraham Lincoln Association! Your generous contribution supports student awards, educational resources, & scholarship on Abraham Lincoln & his era. We're thankful for our ever-growing community of engaged Lincoln supporters and scholars. Join us: https://t.co/FPgBlh7fLs
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Did You Know? The Abraham Lincoln Association website offers a vast, FREE, library of historical resources for historians, students, and anyone interested in the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. You don’t have to be an ALA member for access. We offer:
ALA Board Member Mark B. Pohlad, Associate Prof., Dept. of History of Art and Architecture, DePaul University, recently gave a digital presentation to the Well Connected national seniors continuing education program about Lincoln's photographic portraits...
how they were made, by which photographers, and how they fit into his biography. The talk also dealt with Lincoln's own understanding of the new medium and how it served his political goals.