One of the quirks of the Bluegrass state is that it was the birthplace of the presidents of both the Union and the ...

Before he became the president that carried America through the Civil War and emancipated the nation's slaves, Abraham Lincoln was a formidable wrestler — and trash talker. After winning ...

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Abraham Lincoln once described his childhood as “the short and simple annals of the poor.” Born in a small log cabin in what was then the western frontier, Lincoln fell in love with books at a ...

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.

The white leather gloves are stained with blood from the night Abraham Lincoln wore them to the theater. Even on a celebratory night marking an end to war, Lincoln disliked donning the flashy bit ...

The foundation said in March that it would be auctioning off 144 items — less than 10 percent of its 1,540-item collection — to close out the loan it took out to buy the artifacts in 2007.

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.

A page from a childhood workbook. Remnants from the campaign trail. ... “Abraham Lincoln is my name,” the 14-year-old wrote in a top corner, “and with my pen I wrote the same.

News; Nation; Abraham Lincoln artifacts to be auctioned to pay off foundation’s debt May 21, 2025 Updated Wed., May 21, 2025 at 9:24 p.m. Then Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner of Illinois walks through ...