Welcome to Cottage’s Corner, an opportunity to learn more about President Lincoln’s Cottage, a local museum and national monument on Upshur and Rock Creek Church Road, and an important part of our Petworth community. This series of articles is a partnership between Petworth News and the Cottage to further community ties and help them get the word out about all the amazing things they do every day of the year.
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This year is the tenth anniversary of a festival that has become such a fan-favorite that it was named Best Music Festival in DC in the 2024 City Paper’s ‘Best of the City’ Readers-Choice Awards. All proceeds from the event will support the preservation of Abraham Lincoln’s beloved summer residence. Petworth readers can get a 10% discount code!
On the week of April 14-18th, President Lincoln’s Cottage will be offering a variety of kid-friendly activities for neighbors looking to “staycation” during the spring school holidays.
Rescheduled to Sunday, February 16th…
Join us for Crafting Connections on Thursday, January 30th as we launch a new interactive visitor experience that encourages connection. Paint, draw, collage and design a card for future visitors to the Cottage to inspire, provide hope or amuse them. Free for Petworth News readers!
We invite you to join us on Wednesday, November 6th to an evening of reflection at President Lincoln’s Cottage, a home where Lincoln found comfort and resolve in another time of deep national division. Join your neighbors for food, discussion and reflection.
President Lincoln’s Cottage is welcoming our neighbors and visitors to enjoy the grounds as Abraham Lincoln’s family did with a full day of family fun. Homecoming is free for all to enjoy! The Cottage sat down with rising kindergarten student Maeve to discuss her hopes, memories and joys as the fun day draws near.
Fifteen students from the US and abroad gathered at President Lincoln’s Cottage last month for the annual Students Opposing Slavery International Summit to develop ideas on combating human trafficking, and now they’re putting those ideas into practice.
Created by artists living within the US carceral system and curated by the Committee of Incarcerated Artists and Writers, the Prison Reimagined exhibit features presidential portraits paired with that president’s record on incarceration and visions of what true justice could look like. This project is the creation of journalist Cadell Kivett, one of the editors of Nash News, who is currently incarcerated at the Nash Correctional Institution in North Carolina. Project made possible by the Arts for Justice Fund.
As the newly appointed CEO and Executive Director of President Lincoln’s Cottage, I am delighted to invite you all to one of my favorite days of the year: our Cottage Homecoming on September 16th.
We invite you to join the Cottage for Community Project and share your observations, insights, and aspirations with us. We are particularly interested in your sense of what the key issues facing the Petworth community are and with whom in the neighborhood we should speak.
On January 17th, President Lincoln’s Cottage opened a new exhibition, Create to Free Yourselves: Abraham Lincoln and the History of Freeing Slaves in America by Georges Adéagbo, a renowned contemporary artist from Benin. President Lincoln’s Cottage preserves the home to connect people to the true spirit of the Lincolns, and we recognize that Abraham Lincoln means many different things to many different people. The installation will be on display from January 17 through February 15, 2023.
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The Home Rule Music Festival, sponsored by HR Records on Kennedy Street NW, has quickly become of the most popular music festivals in DC. It’s back for another amazing show at the Parks at Walter Reed on June 21, 2025!
The Festival is free to attend, and you can enter for a chance to win a pair of VIP tickets!
The Parks at Walter Reed has quickly become a cultural hub for upper NW DC, and now has more than 100 community events and activities planned on the Parks’ lush green spaces, including markets, world-class music, festivals and weekly fitness classes.
The DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) recently released their final Notice of Intent outlining the safety design changes they want to install around Grant Circle. DDOT is accepting community comments until June 12, 2025. If their timelines hold this project should begin later this summer.
Join President Lincoln’s Cottage and the AFRH for free guided tours of the United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 26, 2025.
This year is the tenth anniversary of a festival that has become such a fan-favorite that it was named Best Music Festival in DC in the 2024 City Paper’s ‘Best of the City’ Readers-Choice Awards. All proceeds from the event will support the preservation of Abraham Lincoln’s beloved summer residence. Petworth readers can get a 10% discount code!
Petworth Peanuts and Ward 4 Mutual Aid are accepting donations of items for maternity, babies and children for the Mother's Day Free Market! They are accepting almost anything related to kids/babies/maternity in good condition.
Join President Lincoln’s Cottage and the AFRH for free guided tours of the United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 26, 2025.