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There are many facts about turkeys that you never considered before, and this list covers the top 10 that you need to know.
Though there are different theories about the origin of this routine, most historians believe the first pardoned turkey was thanks to Tad Lincoln, who asked his father, President Abraham Lincoln ...
The origin of the presidential turkey pardons is a bit fuzzy. Unofficially, reports point all the way back to Abraham Lincoln, who spared a bird from its demise at the urging of his son ...
A collection of Confederate generals, including Jefferson Davis, composed by the United States between 1861 and 1865, who ...
Donation Options Search Search Search This pair of bloodstained gloves was in Abraham Lincoln’s possession when he was assassinated. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Items on Abraham Lincoln’s body ...
Items on Abraham Lincoln’s body the night he was assassinated, his earliest known handwriting and other extraordinary relics from his life are being auctioned this week in a sale that drew ...
CHICAGO (WGN) – A trove of historic artifacts and memorabilia associated with President Abraham Lincoln were auctioned off for nearly $8 million on Wednesday. The items, which were intended to ...
CHICAGO (WGN) — A treasure trove of historic artifacts and memorabilia is being auctioned off in the Land of Lincoln. Auctioneers expected some of President Abraham Lincoln’s artifacts to ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln made one of the greatest speeches in history, at the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania. One line from the Gettysburg Address is the pinnacle description of ...
Officials are asking Nebraskans to donate a popular, discontinued wax to protect the statue of Abraham Lincoln on the west side of the Capitol. The cast-bronze statue of the former president is ...
So you have President Washington pardoning people involved in the Whiskey Rebellion, again, in an attempt to kind of bring the country together. Abraham Lincoln gave clemency to people who had ...