Tucked away in Houston’s northern reaches sits a museum that gives new meaning to the phrase “deadly serious” – the National Museum of Funeral History. This isn’t your typical “let’s go see some ...

The National Museum of Funeral History houses the country’s largest collection of funeral service artifacts and memorabilia, offering a surprisingly upbeat look at how we’ve commemorated our dearly ...

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we approach Juneteenth, let’s also acknowledge some ugly truths that reflect the times in which our our 16th president lived. Juneteenth ...

Charles Rangel as his body lay in state Thursday at New York City Hall, an honor bestowed to a short list of political figures, including U.S. presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S ... of lower ...

Other popular items included a handkerchief Lincoln had on the night he was shot, which sold for $826,000, and the earliest known sample of the 16th president’s handwriting, from a notebook in ...

Updated: May 23, 2025 / 02:32 PM CDT CHICAGO (WGN) – A trove of historic artifacts and memorabilia associated with President Abraham Lincoln were auctioned off for nearly $8 million on Wednesday.

The gloves were the top-selling items, bringing in $1.52 million including the premium. One of two handkerchiefs Lincoln had with him April 14, 1865, the night he was shot, went for $826,000. A ...

Abraham Lincoln's bloodstained gloves from Ford's Theatre sold for $1.52 million at auction. Other items included a handkerchief and a "wanted" poster.

The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated were among the 144 items up for bid, 136 of which sold. AP Its website said proceeds from the auction ...

The entire sale of Lincoln artifacts and memorabilia totaled nearly $7.9 million Miniature photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, ca 1860. Courtesy of Freeman's | Hindman, 2025.

An auction of precious Abraham Lincoln artifacts raised close to $8 million Wednesday, meaning a likely seven-figure windfall for a cash-strapped Springfield foundation that was selling part of ...

Abraham Lincoln artifacts to be auctioned to pay off foundation’s debt The auction — representing 10 percent of the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s collection — includes the gloves ...