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Fact Check: Yes, John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Saved the Life of Abraham Lincoln’s Son
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFrom left to right: Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images; Sheridan...
This Boise space has office furniture from Lincoln’s son. How did it end up here?
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn a corner of the Ada County Courthouse lobby, a set of Victorian office furniture looks slightly...
95 Facts That Are As Wildly Random As They Are Extremely Interesting
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years ago1.Ketchup was sold as medicine in the 1830s. Thirty years before Heinz started bottling and selling...
Today in History: May 30, Joan of Arc burned at the stake
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOn May 30, 1989, student protesters in Beijing erected a “Goddess of Democracy” statue in Tiananmen Square (the statue was destroyed in the Chinese government’s crackdown). In 1431, Joan of ...
The Lincoln Memorial at 100: How a monument to history became a part of history
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn May 30, 1922, a memorial to the "Great Emancipator" was dedicated in Washington, D.C., in front...
A memorial at war with itself — like Lincoln
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPlacid. Peaceful. You could be forgiven for thinking, when you look at the benign figure of Abraham Lincoln, sitting on his throne at the Lincoln...
When Portsmouth mourned President Abraham Lincoln
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe first U.S. president born west of the Appalachian Mountains came quietly into the world on Feb. 12, 1809, but Portsmouth and the rest of the world...
Make Arlington National Cemetery your first stop when visiting Washington D.C.
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOftentimes I try to place a bit of humor in my weekly columns. To get a chuckle here and there....
Nature defines western New England, from Lake Champlain to the Berkshires
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBURLINGTON, Vt. — Weaving a kayak between boulder islands or sailing across sparkling, clear waters...
Palaces, Ranches and Retro Kitchens: Production Designers for ‘The Great,’ ‘1923’ and ‘History of...
Variety via Yahoo News· 11 months agoProduction designers had their hands full the past year, recreating everything from an 18th century...
