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Lincoln's Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois by governor and first lady
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union's military response to the launch of...
Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to blockade Southern ports to state museum
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days 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 ...
Obama’s doing the delegate thing
Politico· 2 days agoGood Tuesday morning, Illinois. Gov. JB Pritzker and first lady MK Pritzker are announcing a “historic document donation” to the Abraham Lincoln...
What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed 250,000 enslaved people...
Handwritten letter from First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln for sale
The Republican· 5 hours agoA handwritten letter by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln is for sale for the first time. The letter,...
How Boston Embraced The Brothers of John Wilkes Booth Following Lincoln's Assassination - Our...
iHeartRadio· 9 hours agoOn this episode of Our American Stories, 26-year-old actor John Wilkes Booth was killed just 12 days after assassinating Abraham Lincoln. Here’s Christopher ...
Arizona Voted to Repeal Its Abortion Ban
New York Times· 18 hours agoAlso, the Fed eyes a longer period of high rates. Arizona lawmakers today repealed an abortion ban that first became law in 1864, when Abraham Lincoln...
On this day in history, April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth is killed by Union troops for murdering...
AOL· 7 days agoOn this day in history, April 26, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was killed when Union soldiers tracked him down to a farm ...
26 Facts That Just Seem Like There Is Absolutely No Way That They're True
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 6 days agoI love surprising/interesting facts, so much so that I've written many, many facts posts during my...
‘Looking for Lincoln’ program focuses on Effie Afton case
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoThe next Looking for Lincoln Conversation will revisit one of his most famous legal cases, with a...
