Lincoln's Cottage

There is so much history in DC and you miss it unless you really pay attention. So on Saturday I went up to Lincoln's Cottage. I had no idea Lincoln even had a cottage. I thought he just hung out at the White House and saved the union.

Apparently not.


"During the Civil War, President Lincoln and his family resided seasonally (June – November 1862-64) at the Soldiers’ Home in Washington, DC. Founded in 1851 as a home for retired and disabled veterans of American wars, the Soldiers’ Home stood on 250 acres atop the third highest area in the District of Columbia. Like President Buchanan before him, Lincoln enjoyed the cool breezes and refreshing peace of the Soldiers’ Home just over three miles north of downtown. But unlike his predecessor, Lincoln could not escape the Civil War and his burden of leadership even at this seasonal retreat."

They wouldn't let me take pictures inside the cottage because clearly it is very old and flash photography isn't so good for whatever. Honestly, there wasn't much furniture in the cottage. They don't have very good records about the furnishings and they wanted to be factually accurate, thus they left it pretty much empty. So the pictures wouldn't be very interesting anyway.