"A home for brave ideas, President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home sought to use Lincoln’s life and vision of a nation strengthened by immigrants to bring perspective to today’s conversation. Starting with Lincoln’s powerful words, the two-part exhibit structure highlights the surprising similarities and differences between Lincoln’s era and our own. Visitors can hear from immigrants naturalized at the Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home and also document their own family’s immigration stories around a timeless theme: the reasons for immigration."