COTTAGE Set on the grounds of the Soldiers’ Home in northwest Washington, DC, President Lincoln’s Cottage was Lincoln’s “Camp David,” where the President and his family spent the summer months of 1862 – 1864 escaping the capital’s oppressive heat; he is believed to have crafted the Emancipation Proclamation here. You’ll be greeted by the museum’s director and treated to an exclusive, innovative tour which emphasizes stories of Lincoln’s time here – his thoughts, ideas and the issues of the day – instead of furnishings.


President LINCOLN’S


LIBRARY OF CONGRESS The nation’s oldest federal cultural institution, the Library of Congress serves as the research arm of Congress, and


was a key source for Ken Burns when researching his award-winning film series The Civil War. One of the highlights of a guided tour that touches upon many aspects of the war is your visit to The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Collection. Open only through the summer of 2011, this new exhibition features an exceptional collection of nearly 700 ambrotype and tintype photographs of both Union and Confederate soldiers from the Civil War – amassed over several years and donated to the Library of Congress by Tom Liljenquist and his sons Jason, 19, Brandon, 17, and Christian, 13, who became interested in Civil War history after finding bullets and other artifacts near their McLean, Virginia home.


FORD’S THEATRE Explore what is arguably our country’s most famous theatre – including the Presidential box where Lincoln was fatally shot by actor John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865; America’s first assassinated President died in the early hours of April 15 in the back bedroom of the Petersen House, a boarding house across the street.


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