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"The Demon of Unrest": Recounting the first shots of the Civil War
CBS News· 4 hours agoThe ferry ride to the middle of Charleston Harbor can be a journey back in time. In 1860, Fort...
Lincoln Presenters 'bring history to life' at Dayton conference, around world
Dayton Daily News· 17 hours agoIt was evocative of a scene from 165 years earlier, when Abraham Lincoln, similarly dressed, gave a...
Convention of Abraham Lincoln presenters in Dayton this week
Dayton Daily News· 6 days agoOn Sept. 17, 1859, Lincoln, who wouldn’t be elected until the year after, made an appearance in...
12 things to do in the Coachella Valley this week April 29-May 5
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoOnly seen by Palm Springs audiences, this show explores the four years that Abraham Lincoln shared a...
Opinion: US democratic ideology needs to be more representative, where majority prevails
Gannett via AOL· 9 hours agoIn America we have a national ideology, which is democracy. Our founders personally committed...
Faith & Insight: National Day of Prayer
Nevada Appeal· 11 hours agoThe first Thursday in May has been set apart by proclamation as a National Day of Prayer. There have been other national proclamations calling for prayer...
Review | Erik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter
Washington Post· 2 days agoA century or so ago, in an era of racial denialism, historians groped for any explanation besides...
Letter: Lewallen needs to show up
The Columbian· 1 day agoAbraham Lincoln, arguably the greatest Republican president, served in the Illinois militia with the rank of captain and suffered at least three election ...
On this day in history, April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth is killed by Union troops for murdering...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoUnion troops hunted down John Wilkes Booth, the Confederate sympathizer who shot President Abe...
Lynx claim city tennis crown
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 5 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...