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Article on oldest public Lincoln statue published by Washington Post


[caption id="attachment_372" align="alignleft" width="225"] The Lot Flannery Lincoln statue in Judiciary Square as it looks today. (photo by Jason Emerson)[/caption] My latest article was published by the Washington Post on May 30. "The original Lincoln memorial stands forgotten in D.C.’s Judiciary Square" discusses the history of the Lot Flannery statue, erected…
Posted on May 31, 2022 by jsnemerson by jsnemerson
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Freemen Yet Slaves Under Abe Lincoln’s Son


There was an old saying among the black employees of the Pullman Car Company: “Lincoln freed the slaves, and the Pullman Company hired ‘em.” In fact, the Pullman Company, created by George M. Pullman in 1867, was the single largest employer of blacks in America after the Civil War and…
Posted on May 26, 2022 by jsnemerson by jsnemerson
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Earliest Known Photo of Abraham Lincoln


The earliest known photo of Abraham Lincoln is well known and commonly seen today, but did you know it was unknown to the public until 1896?   The daguerreotype, attributed to photographer Nicholas H. Shepherd, was taken in 1848 when Lincoln was a 37-year-old frontier lawyer in Springfield, Illinois, and…
Posted on April 14, 2021May 16, 2022 by jsnemerson by jsnemerson
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Treasures of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library


Jason contributed an essay to the fascinating book, Treasures of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Check it out on amazon.com.   Book Description The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois, houses a trove of invaluable historical resources concerning all aspects of the Prairie State’s past. Treasures of the Abraham Lincoln…
Posted on September 4, 2014May 17, 2022 by jsnemerson by jsnemerson
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