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The 20 Best Summer Beach Reads of 2024
Entertainment Tonight· 1 day agoOne of Amazon's most anticipated releases and biggest bestsellers this May is Erik Larson's latest book about the election of Abraham Lincoln and his...
Remains of Illinois soldier killed in Korean War to be laid to rest
WFLD via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoELWOOD, Ill. - The remains of an Illinois soldier killed during the Korean War will be laid to rest...
Robert Cairns: Commemorate, don't celebrate, Memorial Day
The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 16 minutes agoMay 24—Editor's note: This column originally ran on May 25, 2021. We re-run it for this Memorial Day weekend. I make a point of attending a Memorial Day service every year. I have childhood ...
From 'The Traitors' to '3 Body Problem,' these are the best TV shows of 2024
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days ago‘Manhunt’ (Apple TV+) Who knew a Civil War-era TV show about an asthmatic bureaucrat hunting down...
Living History Days draw crowds to Milton House Museum
Leader-Telegram· 3 days agoDuring the long weekend, reenactors and historians gathered to educate audiences on the Civil War...
Thriller ‘Manhunt’ Takes Unique Path In Showing The Aftermath Of Lincoln’s Assassination
Forbes· 18 hours agoThis is precisely the thought behind the series Manhunt. bestseller and Edgar Award-winning book of...
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin presents her ‘Unfinished Love Story’ at Mark Twain House & Museum
Hartford Courant· 3 days agoHer “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” formed the basis of the Steven...
On This Day: Clara Barton founds American Red Cross
KWCH· 3 days agoClara Barton dedicated her life to caring for others. Barton, perhaps appropriately born on Christmas Day in 1821, was living in Washington when the...
The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThis occurred 11 days after the end of the Civil War and two years after President Abraham Lincoln...
Today in History: May 20, Charles Lindbergh takes off on solo flight to France - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 4 days agoIn 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal ...
