President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
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President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument, sometimes shortened to President Lincoln's Cottage, is a
President
History
The historic Cottage, built in the
Poet
The Soldiers' Home stands on 251 acres (1.02 km2) atop the third highest point in Washington. The Home was designated a
President Lincoln's Cottage opened to the public on February 18, 2008. A reproduction of the Lincoln desk on which he wrote the Emancipation Proclamation was commissioned by the Trust for use in the Cottage.[4] The original drop-lid walnut paneled desk is in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House. The desk is the only surviving piece of furniture that is known to have been placed in the White House and the Cottage during the Lincoln era.
The adjacent Robert H. Smith Visitor Education Center features exhibits about the Soldiers' Home, wartime Washington, D.C., Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief during the Civil War, and a special exhibit gallery. President Lincoln's Cottage and Visitor Education Center is normally open to the public for tours seven days a week.
Gallery
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Rear of the Cottage, September 2018
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Statue of Lincoln in front of the Cottage, September 2018
See also
- List of residences of presidents of the United States
- 150th Pennsylvania Infantry
- United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery
References
- ^ Peltier, Michael (Dec 1, 2006). "The Armed Forces Retirement Home: the history--and future--of caring for our veterans". The Free Library. Nursing Homes. Archived from the original on Jan 13, 2021.
- ISBN 978-1626199736.
- ^ "President Lincoln's Cottage Lays Groundwork for Bright Future at Storied Site" (PDF). President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home. December 10, 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Mast, Erin Carlson (December 3, 2008). "Malia Obama Eyes Lincoln's Desk". President Lincoln's Cottage. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- Preservation Vol 59, Number 1, Jan/Feb 2007, page 6
External links
- Official website: President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
- President Lincoln's Cottage at Google Cultural Institute
- Armed Forces Retirement Home: Washington, D.C.
- National Trust: President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument
- Presidential Proclamation 7329 of July 7, 2000
- National Historic Landmark information
- Aerial view of exterior restoration of Lincoln Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
- Letters from Mary Todd Lincoln
- The Shot Through Abraham Lincoln's Hat
- Steve Vogel (January 25, 2004). "A Shrinking Operation; Battling Bankruptcy in D.C., Veterans Retirement Home Is Cutting Costs and Care". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012.
- "Armed Forces Retirement Home: Allegations of Poor Care Being Probed". Washington Post. March 23, 2007.
- Jonathan O'Connell (August 15, 2008). "Crescent Resources to transform Armed Forces Retirement Home". Washington Business Journal.
- Jonathan O'Connell (February 17, 2009). "Armed Forces Retirement Home redo falls through". Washington Business Journal.
- Booknotes interview with Matthew Pinsker on Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home, December 21, 2003.