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I’ve had Whitman in mind this spring as we’ve watched the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency ...
The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.
Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...
Lot 62 is a sepia-colored carte de visite of Lincoln, boldly signed by him as “A. Lincoln” and PSA/DNA slabbed and graded ...
Dorothy McClerren, 96, portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in her daughter’s home to share her talents with Heartland Hospice workers ...
Roger Q. Mason’s stage play and film Lavender Men considers Abraham Lincoln's love life and interrogates American mythology.
There was a time when the name “Walter Gorthy” was well known in the Cadillac area because of the incredible role he played ...
Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. A self-taught lawyer with humble beginnings, Lincoln is best known for leading the country ...
In the day, "assassination" meant a surprise attack, not necessarily a murder. But from the very first dispatches from Washington that the Herald published, it was clear Lincoln would not survive.
Assassination-era items lead the sale The most remarkable item in the auction was a pair of leather gloves that Abraham Lincoln had in his pocket on the night he was assassinated– April 14, 1865 ...
A Chicago auction featured 144 items linked to President Lincoln, including blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination. Treasured artifacts linked to President Abraham Lincoln ...