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A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s ...
The larger-than-life legacy of Abraham Lincoln lies, in part, in the smallest special-collections division of the University ...
Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...
Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...
There are ideas aplenty in Roger Q. Mason and Lovell Holder’s 'Lavender Men,' but much of it gets bogged down in an overly ...
Ever wondered about the origins of the Abraham Lincoln sculpture seated on a bench in downtown Bloomington? Here's a look ...
1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...
If I forget thee,” Abraham Lincoln thought, speaking not at this moment of God’s Law but of the doctrine of the Declaration ...
When I finished reading the preface to Stacy Lynn's Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln's Life ...
The Declaration of Independence is a revolutionary document that transformed governance from monarchy to democracy and ...