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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...
Obama’s doing the delegate thing
Politico· 3 days agoGood Tuesday morning, Illinois. Gov. JB Pritzker and first lady MK Pritzker are announcing a “historic document donation” to the Abraham Lincoln...
Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War : Fresh Air
NPR· 1 day agoIn The Demon of Unrest, author Erik Larson chronicles the five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and the start of the Civil War, drawing ...
Arizona Voted to Repeal Its Abortion Ban
New York Times· 1 day 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 Arizona lawmakers today repealed an abortion ban that first became law in 1864, when Abraham Lincoln...
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 ...
The furious bombardment that opened the US Civil War
Daily Telegraph· 13 hours agoThere is much to be said for the brutality of a British general election, where a removals van turns up at No 10 within hours of a Prime Minister...
Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Following the Confederacy’s 1861 attack on Fort Sumter, often viewed as the...
‘Looking for Lincoln’ program focuses on Effie Afton case
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe next Looking for Lincoln Conversation will revisit one of his most famous legal cases, with a...
The beauty of hate: A literary analysis of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Euphoria’
theGrio via AOL· 9 hours agoOPINION: Kendrick Lamar’s latest beef ballad elevates the diss record subgenre to an art form, and...
Handwritten letter from First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln for sale
The Republican· 13 hours agoA handwritten letter by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln is for sale for the first time. The letter,...