The Civil War was an extremely divisive time in American history that split the North and South into the Union and the ...

The “Lost Speech” mural’s location near the Miller-Davis Building, 103 N. Main St., is crucial. The building, which is across ...

Paul Simon, a New Deal-style liberal, served Illinois in various political roles and authored 22 books, leaving a lasting ...

Nevertheless, “’Red Scare’ resonates because it speaks so directly to our current quandary of far left and far right.” Also, ...

"Lincoln’s Peace" examines the difficulty in turning wartime victory into solving the political and social problems that led ...

Third book in planned five-part series from local author Jan Jacobi, “Lincoln and Douglas” deals with Lincoln's historic ...

Biopics often make popular movies by highlighting extraordinary stories of people who experienced and shaped history. Biopics ...

Go behind the choreography of 3 Summers of Lincoln at La Jolla Playhouse. Watch a video of co-lyricist and co-choreography Daniel J. Watts break down the dancing in the new musical, alongside his ...

IDAHO FALLS – Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his ... the possibility that Oregon Territory could have slaves.” Lincoln opposed slavery. President Zachary Taylor, a fellow Whig Party member ...

Abraham Lincoln argued Nance Legins-Costley's case before the Illinois Supreme Court. Indentured servitude, the equivalency of slavery, was allowed in Illinois. Legins-Costley lived for many years ...

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