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Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoFollowing the Confederacy’s 1861 attack on Fort Sumter, often viewed as the event that sparked the...
The Man Behind Lincoln's Inauguration Photos
Smithsonian Magazine· 16 hours agoFacing the connecting corridor that linked the new House of Representatives chamber to the main building, Wood stood ready to record a quiet ceremony honoring the setting of the first monolithic ...
The furious bombardment that opened the US Civil War
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThere is much to be said for the brutality of a British general election, where a removals van turns up at No 10 within hours of a Prime Minister...
How a Schoeneck woman turned a piece of Reading history into a year-round Christmas tree
Lancaster Online· 7 days agoBack in the 1970s, Elaine Bowman attended the wedding of a former student at the old Hotel Abraham ...
Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War : Fresh Air
NPR· 1 day 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 ...
Lynx offense rolls in win over Yellow Jackets
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 2 days agoAbraham Lincoln’s offense exploded for seven goals in the second half to defeat Thomas Jefferson for the fourth consecutive time, 10-0. “It’s a nice win...
What the 'Dawn of the Civil War' can tell us about today's acrimonious politics
NPR· 2 days agoMy guest, journalist and historian Erik Larson, has a new book closely examining the period between the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 ...
Obama’s doing the delegate thing
Politico· 3 days agoGood Tuesday morning, Illinois. Gov. JB Pritzker and first lady MK Pritzker are announcing a “historic document donation” to the Abraham Lincoln...
Arizona Voted to Repeal Its Abortion Ban
New York Times· 1 day agoAlso, the Fed eyes a longer period of high rates. Arizona lawmakers today repealed an abortion ban that first became law in 1864, when Abraham Lincoln...
Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to blockade Southern ports to state museum
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days 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 ...
