Registration closes on February 2, so save your spot today! abrahamlincolnassociation.org/abraham-linc...

Just one month until the Abraham Lincoln 217th Birthday Event: Symposium & Banquet! Join us in Springfield for both the annual banquet on February 12 and the Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium and Thomas F. Schwartz Lunch on February 13.

Happy New Year! We're thankful for our ALA members and community. Wishing you a happy and healthy start to 2026.

I’m very excited to announce my new venture, LincolnAssassinationTours.com. We offer an all day guided bus tour covering the escape & manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. Experience history firsthand as we hunt down John Wilkes Booth in the comfort of an air conditioned motorcoach. #skystorians 🗃️

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I am a historian of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and a former elementary school teacher. I love everything about #publichistory. I hope my fellow #skystorians 🗃️ and history enthusiasts will consider taking a tour with my new business, LincolnAssassinationTours.com.

Save the date for next year's banquet and symposium on February 12 and 13, 2026 at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel in Springfield, Illinois. Join us for a day of scholarship and discourse on the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln.

“After several years of absence Dave Taylor is renewing the Booth Escape Tour. I can’t think of a better person to narrate this exciting tour... Dave is clearly the leader of a new generation of assassination scholars. Take the tour. You will love it!” - Ed Steers

A President murdered. His assassins on the run. A nation in mourning. Join us for a historic, true crime bus tour like no other as you become part of the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. We are now booking tours for Spring 2026. LincolnAssassinationTours.com

Just a few more days of this special photography exhibit displayed at Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office. You'll see almost life-size images of Civil War nurses, read their stories, and walk through an incredibly historic place.

lincoln-institute.org/scholarship-... The Abraham Lincoln Institute announces a travel grant of $1,000.00 (one thousand dollars) for graduate students in the Civil War field. #Skystorians #CivilWarHistory

An old blog post of mine was recently linked to in an article from The Guardian. The increase in visitors motivated me to revise the piece with better text and images. Here’s the newly improved “[John Wilkes] Booth at Lincoln’s Second Inauguration.” lincolnconspirators.com/2012/05/31/b... 🗃

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Register today for the Third Annual ALA Summer Symposium to hear Scott Schroeder & David Weigers present “The Lincoln Sculpture Project—A Digital World Tour.” The event will be held at the Cantigny Park Visitors’ Theater Center, Wheaton, Illinois, on Saturday, June 21, 2025, from 9:00am-12:00pm.

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Great news for those studying the American Civil war and Lincoln! The rare 1st and 2nd supplements to the “Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln” are now available online courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Association. Check it out/ pass it on! #skystorians abrahamlincolnassociation.org/abraham-linc...

Enjoying the NYE Twilight Zone marathon on Syfy? I wrote an in-depth analysis of the Lincoln assassination episode, Back There: lincolnconspirators.com/2024/10/22/b... #skystorians

I wrote an extremely deep-dive into the Lincoln assassination episode of The Twilight Zone that debuted on this date in 1961: lincolnconspirators.com/2024/10/22/b... #skystorians

In 1865, four of the conspirators convicted of assisting in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln were sentenced to serve time at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. In my new video series, I explore what life was like in this isolated prison. #skystorians lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/23/t...

The Civil War led to Fort Jefferson being transformed into a military prison for disloyal Union soldiers. In the second installment of my documentary series, we learn how Fort Jefferson also came to house the Lincoln assassination conspirators. #skystorians lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/25/a...

On Sept. 25, 1865, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd attempted to make his escape from his island prison of Fort Jefferson. In the third installment of my video series on the imprisonment of the Lincoln conspirators, we explore Dr. Mudd’s Escape. #skystorians 🗃️ lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/27/d...

Part four of my video series about the Lincoln assassination conspirators’ imprisonment at Fort Jefferson is up! In this installment, we look at the time the men spent locked up in the “dungeon” - a dark and inhospitable area of the fort. #skystorians 🗃️ lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/29/t...

Residing at the Dry Tortugas was a constant struggle against insects, climate, and disease. In part five of my video series, we look at how the Lincoln assassination conspirators experienced Life and Death at Fort Jefferson. #skystorians 🗃️ lincolnconspirators.com/2024/12/01/l...

Part six of my video series about the imprisonment of the Lincoln assassination conspirators is out! In this part, a Yellow Fever epidemic strikes Fort Jefferson, leading to the death of one of the conspirators. #skystorians 🗃️ lincolnconspirators.com/2024/12/03/y...

Hello, followers! I’m an expert on the Lincoln assassination. I study all aspects of April 14, 1865, including the lives of the assassin & his conspirators. Addressing John Wilkes Booth’s dark radicalization in white supremacy and political violence sheds light on Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy.