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https://muse.jhu.edu/article/987303
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Kenneth W. Noe is Draughon Professor of Southern History Emeritus at Auburn University. He is the author or editor of nine books, including most recently The Howling Storm (Baton Rouge, 2020) and Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend (Baton Rouge, 2026). He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois.Christian McWhirter is a public historian and consultant. He serves as the Historical Initiatives Consultant for the Lincoln Presidential Foundation and as Editor of the Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. Previously, he held several positions at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, including as its Lincoln Historian. He is the author of Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-18T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/661/image/coversmallContributor2026-04-07text/htmlen-USContributor2026-04-072026TWOProject MUSE®33502026-05-18T00:00:00-05:002026-04-07The Past and Future of Lincoln as Commander in Chief
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Writing three decades ago about the flood of Lincolniana that began after Abraham Lincoln's death in April 1865, historian Merrill Peterson identified five interconnected core themes in that literature. Lincoln became in the American mind the "Savior of the Union," a powerful symbol of vibrant and triumphant American nationalism and victory. Around the globe, people looked to him as "the First American," an exemplar of the nation and of the promise of "government of the people, by the people, and for the people." To others still, he was the "Great Emancipator" who broke the chains of slavery. Born in a log cabin, Lincoln became the "Man of the People," a hero who demonstrated the inherent worth of the common man
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-18T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/661/image/coversmallThe Past and Future of Lincoln as Commander in Chief2026-04-07text/htmlen-USThe Past and Future of Lincoln as Commander in Chief2026-04-072026TWOProject MUSE®4127392026-05-18T00:00:00-05:002026-04-07Lincolnland: Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, and the Goals of Public History
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/987305
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Abraham Lincoln is probably the most widely revered American. Generations have studied his words and leadership style as they sought to spread democracy and bend the arc of the universe toward justice. This makes him an excellent vehicle for engaging with America's history and ideology.Lincoln is also the most widely recognizable American. His face and body were both distinct, but observers then and now also consider them comical, especially given his penchant for wearing a stovepipe hat on top of his already angular frame. He told bawdy jokes and had a rustic accent that opened him up to ridicule as soon as he entered the public sphere. This helps make him an irresistible tool for marketers and a bottomless
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-18T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/661/image/coversmallLincolnland: Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, and the Goals of Public History2026-04-07text/htmlen-USLincolnland: Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, and the Goals of Public History2026-04-072026TWOProject MUSE®1129392026-05-18T00:00:00-05:002026-04-07Lincoln Looks West: California and the Fate of the Nation in the Civil War Era
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/987306
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Abraham Lincoln wasn't known for his sunny disposition, but on April 14, 1865, the gloom that suffused the past four years of his life had finally lifted, and now, it seemed, everything was coming up roses. The Confederate capital had fallen. The Union had been saved. And he was going to California. That's what the irrepressibly cheerful president told multiple visitors to the White House that day. After taking his family on a tour of Europe, Lincoln intended to make his way to California, a state he believed would afford better opportunities for his sons than any other. Not only his family's future, but the nation's writ large, was pointing toward the Golden State. He believed that California's mineral wealth
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-18T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/661/image/coversmallLincoln Looks West: California and the Fate of the Nation in the Civil War Era2026-04-07text/htmlen-USLincoln Looks West: California and the Fate of the Nation in the Civil War Era2026-04-072026TWOProject MUSE®1200452026-05-18T00:00:00-05:002026-04-07The Lincoln Theme in a New Century
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In the lobby of Ford's Theater Center for Education and Leadership in Washington, DC, a spiral staircase twists around a unique tribute to the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln: an imposing tower of almost seven thousand books written about our sixteenth president, soaring to an impressive thirty-four feet (or three and a half stories) in height. The installation immediately communicates its point, and powerfully: no other figure in US history has been subjected to more sustained historical scrutiny or biographical treatment than Abraham Lincoln. Now extending to more than fifteen thousand unique entries and boasting at least two scholarly periodicals, the Lincoln bibliography is nothing short of monumental.
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-18T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/661/image/coversmallThe Lincoln Theme in a New Century2026-04-07text/htmlen-USThe Lincoln Theme in a New Century2026-04-072026TWOProject MUSE®1236152026-05-18T00:00:00-05:002026-04-07From Villain to Hero: Kentuckians' Evolving Views on Abraham Lincoln
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Historians and the public esteem Abraham Lincoln as one of America's greatest presidents. Yet Kentuckians' opinion of the man has been as varied as the Commonwealth's celebrated geography. Since the Civil War, Kentuckians have variously wondered whether Lincoln should be cherished or condemned, acknowledged or shunned, or simply left to detached ambivalence. For citizens of Lincoln's native state, the simplest answer is all of the above.The Filson Historical Society's collections insightfully inform this complex history. The images, letters, and artifacts highlighted here cast a stark light on Kentucky's fraught relationship with its native son, the nation's sixteenth president. Governor Thomas Bramlett gave
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-18T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/661/image/coversmallFrom Villain to Hero: Kentuckians' Evolving Views on Abraham Lincoln2026-04-07text/htmlen-USFrom Villain to Hero: Kentuckians' Evolving Views on Abraham Lincoln2026-04-072026TWOProject MUSE®340802026-05-18T00:00:00-05:002026-04-07Guardians of a Righteous Cause: New Directions in Black Civil War Memory
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The Lost Cause is in the midst of a decades-long retreat. Despite the Donald Trump administration's efforts to restore Confederate names to army bases and remove references to slavery at public history sites, the past few years have seen activists score numerous victories in removing Confederate monuments and symbols from public view, the culmination of generational efforts. So, when Congress established Juneteenth as a federal holiday in 2021, it was hardly a top-down decree of governmental largesse but an outgrowth of a deep-rooted change in popular attitudes, pushed continuously from below. This shift is further confirmed by recent polling data, which suggests that the vast majority of Americans across both
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-18T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/661/image/coversmallGuardians of a Righteous Cause: New Directions in Black Civil War Memory2026-04-07text/htmlen-USGuardians of a Righteous Cause: New Directions in Black Civil War Memory2026-04-072026TWOProject MUSE®285632026-05-18T00:00:00-05:002026-04-07