Feb. 16—Before he was elected president, Abraham Lincoln visited the Montgomery County Courthouse in 1859. Lincoln, who had lost a bid for the U.S. Senate the year before to Stephen A. Douglas, ...
What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago, on Thursday May 29, 1856, ignited Abraham Lincoln’s march to the presidency, and eventually led to the Civil War-era 13th, 14th and 15 amendments, which ...
When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned to ...
KALAMAZOO, MI — After 167 years, President Abraham Lincoln has returned to the park where he gave his only public speech in the state of Michigan. Unveiled at the same time, 2 p.m., place, Bronson ...
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” So said Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, given 165 years ago. Many describe contemporary America in the same terms. We’re a house divided ...
Abraham Lincoln took a detour from New Haven Sunday, arriving in Branford to deliver a stirring speech on the right of black men to work outside the system of slavery. On this Presidents’ Day weekend, ...
Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:38:42 GMT — Christie's is auctioning a handwritten copy of the 1864 speech Abraham Lincoln delivered at the White House after being re-elected in the midst of an unpopular Civil ...
The Experiment Continues: Recalling America’s pre-Civil War struggle with slavery | Guest Commentary
It would take another war and the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives for a new birth of freedom to begin its reign.
Gettysburg Address, the fight against slavery and the battle for freedom provide historical perspective on principles of the Revolution and practice of slavery ...
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