Abraham Lincoln’s Gloves to Be Auctioned
The white kid gloves that the former president was wearing the night that he was assassinated will be part of the "Lincoln's ...
Young Abraham Lincoln’s tiny Illinois town is due for a makeover
The village where Abraham Lincoln came of age is deteriorating. Lincoln lived in New Salem, Illinois, as a young man from ...
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Efforts underway to restore crumbling site where Abraham Lincoln began his political rise
Abraham Lincoln arrived at the New Salem grist mill along the Sangamon River aboard a flatboat that was sinking. Lincoln had ...
New memorial will celebrate Abraham Lincoln's visit to Lake City in 1861. Here's the story
The Feb. 16, 1861, visit was while Lincoln was enroute to his first inauguration and while the nation was on the brink of ...
New Abraham Lincoln book focuses on debates with Stephen Douglas
Third book in planned five-part series from local author Jan Jacobi, “Lincoln and Douglas” deals with Lincoln's historic ...
History's Headlines: An encounter with President Lincoln
On July 7, 1864, the men of the 47th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, largely made up of Lehigh County residents, were ...
A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 1
Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.