Before his untimely assassination at age 56 and prior to his career as a lawyer Abraham Lincoln excelled at wrestling. Born in 1809, Lincoln was living in New Salem, Illinois by 1831. Then in his ...
On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for ...
Central Park Plaza, had a celebration for Abraham Lincoln's 216th birthday ... taken with a cutout of the 16th president. Lincoln was born Feb. 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin near Hodgenville ...
Abraham Lincoln argued Nance Legins-Costley's case ... Sojourner Truth and Rosa Parks." Legins-Costley was born in 1813 in Kaskaskia, then the capital of the Illinois Territory, some five years ...
Although it isn’t confirmed, Ann Mayes Rutledge was allegedly Abraham Lincoln's first love. Born near Henderson, Kentucky, Ann Mayes Rutledge was the third of 10 children born to Mary Ann Miller ...
But last week, the only other NYC-born president, Donald Trump ... of “Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration.” ...
Statues of George Washington (from left), Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln are on ... states to honor both Washington and Lincoln, born on Feb. 12, 1809.
Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be the topic of the next — and next-to-last — Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Louis Masur, a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, will ...
The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case ...