Today is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday! Born in 1809, this year would have been Lincoln’s 210th birthday. And as is customary, there is a wreath laying at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
I’ve been privileged to represent the Lincoln Group of DC for the last three years to lay our wreath, which joins wreaths from other Lincoln organizations across the nation. Someone else will have those duties this year because of my travel schedule, but it’s an honor I’ll never forget.
Joining me in the video is Wendy Swanson, the editor of the Lincolnian newsletter for the Lincoln Group of DC.
If you aren’t already a member, please consider joining the Lincoln Group of DC. We have members all over the country. For those who are local to the District of Columbia, we have monthly dinner meetings featuring well-known authors and Lincoln scholars, run at least one Civil War battlefield tour a year, have an engaging monthly book study group, and a host of other events and meetings. The Lincolnian newsletter comes out quarterly and includes news about the group as well as scholarly articles about Abraham Lincoln.
Check out the website at http://lincolngroup.org/
Pre-order Lincoln: The Fire of Genius now on Amazon and Barnes and Noble (click on the respective links to pre-order). The price is likely to drop before the final shipment, and any pre-orders will automatically get charged the lower price at fulfillment. Pre-ordering now helps the publisher get a sense of the interest, which could mean a bigger print run. So please go ahead and pre-order without worries. While you’re there, check out my other books.
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David J. Kent is President of the Lincoln Group of DC and the author of Lincoln: The Man Who Saved America. His previous books include Tesla: The Wizard of Electricity and Edison: The Inventor of the Modern World and two specialty e-books: Nikola Tesla: Renewable Energy Ahead of Its Time and Abraham Lincoln and Nikola Tesla: Connected by Fate.
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You have members, or at least correspondents, from OUTSIDE the country; I’m writing you from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and I would be surprised if there aren’t Lincoln groups in London and elsewhere. I’m the author of the definitive building-account of the Lincoln Memorial, “The Lincoln Memorial and American Life” (2002). Out of print since 2005, my book really should have a reprint or a 2nd edition; the first was shut down for political reasons.
Glad to hear that Lincoln is popular in Canada. I know of a Lincoln group in South Korea and there are statues of him all over the world, so there is definitely global interest.
With the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial next year, now would be the perfect time to have your book republished. Since it’s been out of print you should be able to get the rights reverted to you and find a new publisher if the old one isn’t interested in a reprint. There are a lot more options for publishers these days then back in 2002 and a centennial anniversary should guarantee significant market interest.