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Of the 3,242 counties and their equivalents in the United States and its territories, Hamblen County is the 3rd smallest in ...
With his carefully clipped beard, stovepipe hat and eyes full of sadness, he visually embodies the “perceived image of Abraham Lincoln within the memory of mankind”; the only things he’s ...
Abraham Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves are now on display in Philly The white-leather gloves are stained with blood from the night the slain president wore them to the theater. Darren Winston, senior ...
How Lincoln Bested Douglas in Their Famous Debates The 1858 debates reframed America’s argument about slavery and transformed Lincoln into a presidential contender ...
Abraham Lincoln Getty Images The President has been insensible ever since it was inflicted, and is now dying. About the same hour an assassin, whether the same or not, entered Mr. Seward’s ...
The log cabin reference is an homage to President Abraham Lincoln, the first GOP president who was born in a log cabin.
Qatari state-run broadcaster Al Jazeera says that the tradition of presidential endorsements goes as far back as 1860, when The Chicago Tribune endorsed Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. At 6-foot-4, he would stand out even today, and he certainly towered over the men and women of his era. The top hat he habitually wore in public made him ...
Does the hat that links us to his final hours define the president? Or does the president define the hat? Stephen L. Carter Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. At 6-foot-4, he would stand ...
“All creation is a mine, and every man, a miner.” So begins one of the least-known speeches by Abraham Lincoln, the “Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions,” versions of which were delivered on at ...
Thomas ‘Boston’ Corbett is a vital figure in the story of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the subsequent hunt for John Wilkes Booth – events depicted in the Apple TV+ series, Manhunt, which ...
In conjunction with the February celebration of the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln, Judge Chantelle Porter of Addison will be among the many Illinois judges to deliver a program to grade ...