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A return to the roots of presidential debates
CNN via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoAnother model for debates, from the pre-Civil War era, relied on massive live audiences and featured Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. But the so-called ...
Casting the commanders: Who could play Biden and Trump in future movies?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln, required Daniel Day-Lewis, the leading star, to spend countless hours...
How a 1933 Book About Jews in Magic Was Rescued From Oblivion
New York Times· 21 hours agoRichard Hatch was searching the card catalog of the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale, hunting for...
Historian highlights Juneteenth’s ties to Colorado history that are often overlooked
Summit Daily News· 6 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, a promise to free all enslaved African...
Alliance embraces spirit of Juneteenth
The Alliance Review via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe news arrived two years after U.S. President Abraham Lincoln emancipated the slaves at the end of the American Civil War. On what became known as...
After more than one try, West Virginia became a state of the union
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJun. 20—Today is West Virginia Day, the anniversary of West Virginia becoming the nation's 35th state. To my knowledge, West Virginia is the only state that was created by seceding from an existing ...
The Presidential Assassination 180 years ago
The Gilmer Mirror· 1 day ago| June 24, 2024 | By James A. Marples ***************************************************** It was June 27, 1844, when a young man (aged 38) was running for President of the United
Ellie MacPherson to Present BABE LINCOLN at Edinburgh Fringe This Summer
Broadway World· 5 days agoWriter, performer, and historian (the funny kind) Ellie MacPherson will return to Edinburgh Fringe...
Opinion | In 1858, Lincoln made a mistake. President Biden, don’t make the same one.
Washington Post· 6 days agoCan he turn the election into a referendum on democracy — and win? The answer might depend on...
Juneteenth celebrations continue in Richmond with freedom celebration at winery
CBS 6 Richmond· 2 days agoThe holiday commemorates the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned...
