Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln

and all that ragtime

Posted on February 12, 2019 by SUMPTER

100 years ago some American troops were still occupying Germany after the November 1918 armistice that ended most of the fighting in World War I, but many were returning home. According to the “Rotogravure Picture Section” of the February 23, … Continue reading →

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Khaki Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2018 by SUMPTER

The New York Tribune didn’t think it was dreaming in its December 22, 1918 issue. Although America entered the Great War late, its military prowess did help the French-British alliance eventually subdue the German-led coalition. One of the great promises … Continue reading →

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Lincoln memorial

Posted on February 12, 2018 by SUMPTER

In its February 10, 1918 issue the New York Tribune published a page of photos commemorating Abraham Lincoln, probably to honor the sixteenth president’s 109th birthday (February 12th): In a February 13, 1918 article from Petersburg The New-York Times reported … Continue reading →

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to sculpt the truth

Posted on January 20, 2018 by SUMPTER

A big monument controversy raged a hundred years ago. People objected to a new statue memorializing the Civil War era that they found very offensive. So far I haven’t read about any calls for its dismantling or removal, but some … Continue reading →

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hate speech?

Posted on December 29, 2017 by SUMPTER

Some people, who attended a memorial service for Abraham Lincoln in Wrentham, Massachusetts on the day of his Washington, D.C. funeral, weren’t too happy with what they saw when they left church. From The New-York Times December 30, 1867: Damages … Continue reading →

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work song

Posted on September 4, 2017 by SUMPTER

An American trio … Labor is one of the great elements of society – the great substantial interest on which we all stand. Not feudal service, or predial toil, or the irksome drudgery by one race of mankind subjected, on … Continue reading →

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first fruit

Posted on August 31, 2017 by SUMPTER

“I never forget that we are sowing winter wheat which the coming spring will see sprout and other hands than ours will reap and enjoy.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton (as quoted on a plaque in a park dedicated to her … Continue reading →

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statue of liberty

Posted on August 21, 2017 by SUMPTER

Glancing through some picture paper previews last week, I noticed an image that appeared to be a statue of Abraham Lincoln. Upon further review (and enlargement) my guess proved accurate. From the August 12, 1917 issue of the New York … Continue reading →

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four score and ten

Posted on July 4, 2016 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today Massachusetts state representative George Bailey Loring delivered an Independence Day oration at Newburyport, Mass. He paid homage to Abraham Lincoln and declared the supremacy of the federal government. He disagreed with President Andrew Johnson’s objection to … Continue reading →

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“Treason and Slavery” did it

Posted on April 14, 2016 by SUMPTER

To commemorate the first anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President Johnson ordered public offices closed. The House of Representatives met to adjourn – and Congressman James Garfield from Ohio spoke some words of tribute. From The Works of … Continue reading →

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