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On this day in history, April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth is killed by Union troops for murdering...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoUnion troops hunted down John Wilkes Booth, the Confederate sympathizer who shot President Abe...
Visualizing History: Lincoln University Showcases Its Heritage
Forbes· 8 hours agoThe historically Black institution, known for being the nation’s first degree granting HBCU, is...
200 baby names that start with 'A' for boys and girls
TODAY via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoOf...
Today in History
The Ponca City News· 3 hours agoToday is the 117th day of 2024 and the 39th day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1865, John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, was killed by Union troops in Virginia.
Convention of Abraham Lincoln presenters in Dayton this week
Dayton Daily News· 4 days agoOn Sept. 17, 1859, Lincoln, who wouldn’t be elected until the year after, made an appearance in...
Review | Erik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter
Washington Post· 51 minutes agoA century or so ago, in an era of racial denialism, historians groped for any explanation besides...
Doris Kearns Goodwin and husband Dick Goodwin lived, observed, created and chronicled the 1960s
Los Angeles Times· 2 days ago“An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s” isn’t precisely the book that...
Robert Furnas: Meet the Troy native who helped make Arbor Day a national holiday
Dayton Daily News· 3 hours agoRobert Furnas, born in Troy on May 5, 1824, became a Civil War officer and one of first governors of...
Lynx claim city tennis crown
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 3 days agoAbraham Lincoln boys tennis claimed the city title after sweeping the No. 1 brackets and taking first in two other singles brackets. “It’s been a couple...
Cole Escola’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ Will Move to Broadway This Summer
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOh, Mary!, the Off-Broadway comedy hit about Mary Todd Lincoln, is transferring to Broadway for a...
