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Lincoln Presenters 'bring history to life' at Dayton conference, around world
Dayton Daily News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 1 day agoApr. 27—As a bearded John Voehl stood wearing a black top hat and suit Saturday, both reminiscent of the 19th century, he blended seamlessly with Dayton's 177-year-old Greek Revival-style courthouse ...
What It Was Like To Eat At The First Steakhouse
Daily Meal via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoDelmonico's potatoes, as the dish was known, was a simple dish of mashed potatoes covered in breadcrumbs and melted cheese. It was beloved by many...
Review | Erik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter
Washington Post· 3 days agoA century or so ago, in an era of racial denialism, historians groped for any explanation besides...
Correcting the record on reparations with Trymaine Lee
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPeople have never heard of the Compensated Emancipation Act, which was a scheme devised by...
Des Moines' new trees have historic connections
Axios· 7 days agoTwo Osage orange trees propagated from those near President Abraham Lincoln's gravesite will be planted during an event Monday at Hoyt Sherman Place....
Objects can be a powerful testament to our culture, and that's why museums matter
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe second important part was the visitors' reactions to and connection with those stories. The...
The Bizarre Story Behind How Franklin Pierce Was Accused of Treason
Mentalfloss· 5 days agoIn the fall of 1861, former President Franklin Pierce headed to the Midwest, where he intended to...
After publishing White House tapes, the Tribune told Nixon his time was up
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoOn April 30, 1974, the Tribune’s jet landed at Meigs Field on the lakefront instead of Midway...
'Devil in the White City' author Erik Larson returns with 'The Demon of Unrest'
Tribune via AOL· 7 days agoWe know the American Civil War's stories of carnage and heartbreak from movies, biographies and Ken Burns, but the most interesting thing about the latest from "The Devil in the White City" ...
Doris Kearns Goodwin and husband Dick Goodwin lived, observed, created and chronicled the 1960s
Los Angeles Times· 5 days ago“An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s” isn’t precisely the book that...