Q & Abe

This bonus episode accompanies Episode 3: Why are there no pictures of Lincoln in his military uniform?

While we're looking for answers to the questions in the show, we sometimes run across things that don't fit within the main episode, but are too fascinating not to share. In our conversation with the residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, Retired Staff Sergeant Jim Diamond told us a couple of incredible stories about his experiences serving in the army, including while he was working as part of the detail serving Arlington Cemetery and how he came to join the infantry after enlisting as a truck driver.

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In this episode, we'll be unpacking a question from a Belarusian visitor: "Why are there no pictures of Lincoln in his military uniform?" Come along with us as we talk to a Constitutional expert, a civil-military relations scholar, an artist's family, and our very own neighbors at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in search of answers.

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This bonus episode accompanies Episode 2: Is it ok to call her Aunt Mary?

As we strive to answer the questions for the show, we've encountered a wide variety of stories, conversations, and discoveries, not all of which fit directly within the main episode. However, we don't want to keep all these fascinating tidbits to ourselves. Adena Spingarn talks about why minstrelsy isn't part of the popular consciousness as much as one might expect, and Chandra Manning tells us about the ways that black women in contraband camps asserted their presence, and their right to be present, beyond what Union soldiers expected of them.

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In this episode, we'll dig into a question we received in several different forms -- "Is it ok to call her Aunt Mary?" which visitors have asked about Mary Williams, a black woman working at the Cottage as a cook. Come exploring with us as we talk with two historians of the African-American experience in DC during the Civil War, an art curator, a literature scholar, and the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience as we search for answers.

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This bonus episode accompanies our first episode, How could Lincoln sleep if slavery was happening?

Our journey answering these questions has led to conversations, discoveries, and stories of all kinds, not all of which fit directly within the question we're answering. But they're so interesting that we didn't want to keep them to ourselves. During our interview with Jon White, he told us a fascinating story about a Civil War soldier's dream that illustrates the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation on the subconscious of everyday people.

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In this episode, we'll explore a question asked by a second grader on a field trip to President Lincoln's Cottage -- "How could Lincoln sleep if slavery was happening?" Go down the rabbit hole with us as we speak to a Civil War historian, a sleep doctor, and a licensed professional counselor in search of answers.

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