A Cottage That Belongs to the Ages.

LINCOLN, Abraham, 1809-1865; LINCOLN'S Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln & the Soldiers' Home (Book); PINSKER, Matthew; PRESIDENTIAL dwellings; PRESIDENTS of the United States; NATIONAL Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States; VACATION homes; MUSEUMS

The article discusses the Old Soldier's Home, which was the summer home of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. The National Trust for Historic Preservation owns the site and commissioned historian Matthew Pinsker to write the book "Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home." The history of the home is explored as are memories about the Lincoln family and Pinsker's effort to answer the Trust's specific questions about where Lincoln slept and wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. Pinsker talks about his experience writing the book and how it helped him professionally.