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The week's bestselling books, May 19
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson (Crown: $35) An exploration of the pivotal five months between Abraham Lincoln's election and the start of the Civil...
4 reasons this year’s presidential election could blow up America as we know it
The Hill· 7 days agoLooking back, those “most consequential” presidential elections have always seemed tame compared to...
160 years later, a new Battle of the Wilderness is waged
The Daily Progress· 3 days ago“Hold on with a bulldog’s grip,” President Abraham Lincoln told Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in May of 1864...
Georgia mulls swapping in ‘Hammerin’ Hank’ Aaron for statue of Confederate leader in U.S. Capitol
The Washington Times· 8 hours agoGeorgia lawmakers are flirting with replacing the statue of Confederate leader Alexander Stephens at...
This Man Wants Your Most Haunted Objects
New York Times· 14 hours agoOver the past half-century, the multimedia artist Tony Oursler has amassed thousands of pieces of spiritual ephemera. Inside a former synagogue on...
Hopewell native Sam Pinkleton brings 'Oh, Mary!' to Broadway
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 6 days ago"Oh Mary!"is a dark comedy about a miserable Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham ...
PHOTOS: Central IL vets take honor flight to D.C.
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWASHINGTON, D.C. (WCIA) — Tuesday was a special day for over 90 veterans from Central Illinois. Land of Lincoln Honor Flight took them to Washington D.C....
Civil War General William T. Sherman's sword and other relics to be auctioned off in Ohio - KVIA
ABC 7 El Paso· 6 days agoSherman at an auction house in Columbus, Ohio. The president of Fleischer’s Auctions said a conservative estimated sales price for the saber is between $40,000-$60,000 and Sherman’s entire collection ...
Letter: Republicans are after your votes — and your rights
Yakima Herald-Republic· 2 days agoTo the editor — Questen Inghram delineates (YH-R, April 17 — "ACLU: Latino vote ..." the Sunnyside...
Letter: Trust in divine providence
telegraphherald.com· 2 days agoThe disruptive behavior of demonstrations spreading across U.S. college campuses has been alarming and discouraging to many Americans. As I mull over the hateful words that they spew, it has ...
