Day: February 10, 2024

The National Park Service only sanctions one event per year inside the Lincoln Memorial, and this is it. The Lincoln Birthday National Commemorative Committee (LBNCC), which includes the Lincoln Group of DC, will present a program and oversee the laying of wreaths at the feet of the Lincoln statue by sculptor Daniel Chester French. This year, I have the distinct honor of presenting the Gettysburg Address as part of the program. Here’s the news release from the National Park Service:

The program includes laying of wreaths by about fifteen or more Lincoln and Civil War organizations, plus a wreath by the President of the United States. There will be music, speakers, and awards. This year, I’ll both be on the program and will lay the wreath for the Lincoln Group of DC. More info can be read here.

As always, parking is limited in the vicinity of the Lincoln Memorial, so be there early to grab a space. Better yet, take the Metro and get off either at the Smithsonian or the Foggy Bottom stations. Since the ceremony is inside the Memorial, the event is rain or shine.

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David J. Kent is President of the Lincoln Group of DC and the author of Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln’s Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America and 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.