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How Boston Embraced The Brothers of John Wilkes Booth Following Lincoln's Assassination - Our...
iHeartRadio· 20 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 ...
The furious bombardment that opened the US Civil War
Daily Telegraph· 15 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...
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...
Prosecutors seek September retrial for Harvey Weinstein after rape conviction was tossed
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 days agoProsecutors asked for a September retrial for Harvey Weinstein during a hearing Wednesday in...
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...
Handwritten letter from First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln for sale
The Republican· 15 hours agoA handwritten letter by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln is for sale for the first time. The letter,...
110 fun trivia questions for kids (and answers)
The Today Show via AOL· 24 hours agoTrivia Question: If you freeze water, what do you get? Answer: Ice. Trivia Question: Who was the 16th president of the U.S.? Answer: Abraham Lincoln....
Wheelchair-bound Harvey Weinstein's day in court: Here's what happened
Newsweek· 7 hours agoDisgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein sat in a wheelchair Wednesday during a hearing in...
National Day of Prayer events scheduled on Thursday across the High Desert
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a day of “humiliation, fasting, and prayer.” National...
Abraham Lincoln impersonators come to Dayton
Dayton Daily News· 6 days ago1 Wright State celebrates 1,494 graduates today, this weekend 2 Centerville Taco Trail kicks off next week with 8 participating... 3 Potential pause of...
