Lincoln visited with Wounded Soldiers spent time with self , emancipated men, women and children, and drafted the emancipation proclamation. Joan cummins is a public historian, artist, and educator. As a program assistant, she supports their public facing programming, particularly for students and teachers. She works very closely with one of their programs called students opposing slavery for young abolitionists working to combat human trafficking. She is the cohost of a podcast, which i think is a terrific name, called q and abe. Welcome to history happy hour. Thanks so much for having me. Im excited to be here and to share you all about lincolns experience during the summer of his presidency. He lived at president lincolns cottage for three summers while he was president. The summer of 1862, 1863, and 1864. The family was planning to come out here again for the summer of 1865 when the president was killed. There were three main reasons the family moved to the cottage as opposed to st
Soldiers, spout spent time with self emancipated men, women and children and drafted the emancipation proclamation. Joan cummins is a public historian, artist and educator. Their public facing programming, particularly for students and teachers. She also works closely with one of their programs called students opposing slavery for young abolitionist working to combat human trafficking. She is the cohost of a podcast, called q and abe. Welcome to history happy hour. Thanks so much for having me. Im excited to be here and to share you all about lincolns experience during the summer of his presidency. He lived at the cottage for three summers while he was president. 1862, 1863 and 1864. The family was planning to come out again for the summer of 1865 when the president was killed. There were three main reasons the family moved to the cottage as opposed to staying in the white house through the summer. As many of you may know, summer in d. C. Can be very sticky and humid and unpleasant. Th
Our first guest tonight is from the lincolns cottage, where Abraham Lincoln resided for over a quarter of his presidency. Situated on a hilltop in northwest washington, d. C. , president lincoln made some of his most critical decisions at lincolns cottage. Lincoln visited with winded Wounded Soldiers, spent time with self emancipated men, women and children and drafted the emancipation proclamation. Joan cummins is a public historian, artist and educator. She supports their public facing programming, particularly for students and teachers. She also works closely with one of their programs called students opposing slavery for young abolitionist working to combat human trafficking. She is the cohost of a podcast, called q and abe. Welcome to history happy hour. Joan thanks so much for having me. Im excited to be here and to share you all about lincolns experience during the summer of his presidency. He lived at the cottage for three summers while he was president. The summer of 1862, 186
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