Our first guest tonight is from the lincolns cottage, where Abraham Lincoln resided for over a quarter of his presidency. Situated on a hilltop in northwest washington, d. C. , president lincoln made some of his most critical decisions at lincolns cottage. Lincoln visited with winded Wounded Soldiers, spent time with self emancipated men, women and children and drafted the emancipation proclamation. Joan cummins is a public historian, artist and educator. She supports their public facing programming, particularly for students and teachers. She also works closely with one of their programs called students opposing slavery for young abolitionist working to combat human trafficking. She is the cohost of a podcast, called q and abe. Welcome to history happy hour. Joan thanks so much for having me. Im excited to be here and to share you all about lincolns experience during the summer of his presidency. He lived at the cottage for three summers while he was president. The summer of 1862, 186
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