Traveling to Lincoln from Boston, Higginbotham said her grandfather, the Rev. Walter Henderson Brooks, was born a slave in 1851. He “worked” for a tobacco company in Richmond, Virginia.

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Typically less formal, without military guards or the use of the Lincoln catafalque. Both ceremonies allow the public to pay their respects but differ in their level of formality and prestige.

There's been another exit from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. Christian McWhirter, the Lincoln Historian at the ALPLM, confirmed his resignation via LinkedIn ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On this day in history, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln declared that all enslaved people in states rebelling ...

on the date of Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration. The timing reflects the founders’ connection to the promise of Lincoln’s presidency. Hesperian welcomes women as well as men and students of all ...

presented by the Lincoln Memorial Shrine, will begin at 11 a.m. in the library’s Assembly Room and will also be available on Zoom. In her program, Nelson will discuss why and how the desert ...

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