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Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Following the Confederacy’s 1861 attack on Fort Sumter, often viewed as the...
Lincoln's Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois by governor and first lady
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union's military response to the launch of...
National Day of Prayer events scheduled on Thursday across the High Desert
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoIn 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a day of “humiliation, fasting, and prayer.” National...
Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to blockade Southern ports to state museum
Chicago Sun-Times· 23 hours agoOne of the most fateful documents of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency — and in all of American history — will go on public display this week at the legendary ...
26 Facts That Just Seem Like There Is Absolutely No Way That They're True
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 5 days agoI love surprising/interesting facts, so much so that I've written many, many facts posts during my...
What the 'Dawn of the Civil War' can tell us about today's acrimonious politics
NPR· 26 minutes agoIn The Demon of Unrest, author Erik Larson chronicles the five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and the start of the Civil War, drawing parallels to today's political climate.
Abraham Lincoln's speech at Dayton's Old Courthouse: Did he get 'utmost attention' or was he 'not a...
Dayton Daily News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 6 days agoApr. 25—Before he was elected president, Abraham Lincoln visited the Montgomery County Courthouse in 1859. Lincoln, who had lost a bid for the U.S. Senate ...
Lincoln's Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois by governor and first lady
Associated Press· 1 day agoThe document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union’s military response to the launch of...
Yellow Jackets top Lynx in defensive battle
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 8 hours agoAfter a defensive slugfest, Class 2A No. 15 Thomas Jefferson did what they do best and owned the penalty kicks to snag their first win over Abraham Lincoln
Obama’s doing the delegate thing
Politico· 1 day agoGood Tuesday morning, Illinois. Gov. JB Pritzker and first lady MK Pritzker are announcing a “historic document donation” to the Abraham Lincoln...
