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Lincoln’s Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois by governor and first lady
The Nashua Telegraph· 6 hours agoThis photo provided by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shows a document signed...
Unearthed Mary Todd Lincoln letter up for sale - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
7 News Boston· 34 minutes agoA letter written by Mary Todd Lincoln has been found – and shows a new side to the wife of President Abraham Lincoln. The letter was sent to the assistant ...
Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library
Chicago Tribune· 10 hours agoFollowing the Confederacy’s 1861 attack on Fort Sumter, often viewed as the event that sparked the...
Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to blockade Southern ports to state museum
Chicago Sun-Times· 15 hours 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 ...
Arizona Legislature Will Consider Repeal of 1864 Abortion Law
New York Times· 2 hours agoTwo Republican state senators have said they support scrapping the law, enough to ensure final...
Obama’s doing the delegate thing
Politico· 23 hours agoGood Tuesday morning, Illinois. Gov. JB Pritzker and first lady MK Pritzker are announcing a “historic document donation” to the Abraham Lincoln...
Abraham Lincoln's speech at Dayton's Old Courthouse: Did he get 'utmost attention' or was he 'not a...
Dayton Daily News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 5 days agoApr. 25—Before he was elected president, Abraham Lincoln visited the Montgomery County Courthouse in 1859. Lincoln, who had lost a bid for the U.S. Senate ...
How a Schoeneck woman turned a piece of Reading history into a year-round Christmas tree
Lancaster Online· 5 days agoBack in the 1970s, Elaine Bowman attended the wedding of a former student at the old Hotel Abraham ...
Unbelievable Stories of the Unluckiest People in History
MediaFeed via AOL· 13 hours agoWikipedia Robert Todd Lincoln Present at the assassinations of three different presidents Swirling...
What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoOn June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed 250,000 enslaved people...