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Lincoln's "Lost Speech" has been called the most important event in Bloomington history, but the journey to a create a mural ...
In 1858, after winning the Republican nomination for the Senate against incumbent Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that has stood the test of time because of the truth it laid plain ...
Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were released but a Randolph County native was executed.
Question: On the lawn of the old Christian County Courthouse in Taylorville is a statue of Abraham Lincoln and a pig that's holding a court brief. Why?
Ken Griffin bought an Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, for $13.7 million, and the Emancipation Proclamation, from Sotheby's.
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, which supports Lincoln's museum in Springfield, Ill., has found itself $9.7 million in debt on a loan it took out 11 years ago to purchase a ...
"A special publication of The Library of America." Contents Introduction -- Introduction of Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union (1860) / William Cullen Bryant -- From Live of Abraham Lincoln (1860) / ...
A look into the group instrumental to electing Abraham Lincoln president in 1860. The Wide Awakes were a Republican para-military organization distinguished from other political clubs of the 19th ...
Law & Politics Senate Passes ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ With $40 Million for Patriotic Sculpture Garden Here's how the Trump administration is drastically reshaping the arts landscape.
The hedge fund billionaire just bought an Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the Thirteenth Amendment via Sotheby’s for $13.7 million—a figure that smashed the previous auction record more than ...