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Bucks County Resident Building Monument at Abraham Lincoln’s Bristol Visit Site
On Feb. 21, 1861, on his way to his inauguration, Abraham Lincoln made a brief appearance in Bucks County, writes JD Mullane ...
Laura Washington: Is there room in 2028 for both Gov. JB Pritzker and Rahm Emanuel?
In their own party, Emanuel, 65, is an old warrior whose time as a wise man may have passed.  Pritzker, 60, is a fresher face ...
Why Abraham Lincoln will have a unique look at East Peoria City Hall
The artist chose to depict the iconic 16th President as he was as a young lawyer working in small towns around Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln artifacts — including blood-stained gloves — raise nearly $8 million for foundation
The items, which were intended to be part of a permanent collection at the Lincoln Presidential Foundation in Illinois, were ...
The Pantagraph14d
First slave freed by Abraham Lincoln, a Pekin woman, is now buried under Peoria pavement
She eventually won her freedom, thanks to Abraham Lincoln ... in Illinois' history, Dice was sold for $150 to a man named Taylor, while Nance was sold for a dollar more to Nathan Cromwell.
Jacksonville Journal-Courier on MSN16d
Program to explore court's role in slavery in Illinois
Looking for Lincoln Conversations’ next online discussion will cover slavery in Illinois and its eventual end, largely at the hands of the courts. While Illinois joined the United States in 1818 as a ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana28d
Book celebrates early Illinois doctor and friend of Lincoln
Dr. Hiram Rutherford, a stalwart abolitionist, entered history books in 1847 when he found himself being opposed by his friend Abraham Lincoln in ... 1980s into "On the Illinois Frontier: Dr ...
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
Ted Sorensen on Abraham Lincoln: A Man of His Words
Abraham Lincoln ... but I learned a great deal from Lincoln's ten sentences. Now, 47 years later, as another tall, skinny, oratorically impressive Illinois lawyer is invoking Lincoln as he ...
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
The Legend of Lincoln’s Fence Rail
A rail fragment, believed to have been hewn by Abraham Lincoln ... Oglesby, a canny Illinois politician and Lincoln supporter, came up with the idea of sending Lincoln’s cousin, John Hanks ...
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
Lincoln as Commander in Chief
Corbis Abraham Lincoln, at Antietam in 1862 with security guard Allan Pinkerton (left) and Maj. Gen. John McClernand, has far less military experience than Jefferson Davis, having served only as a ...
Irish Central1mon
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln and how two Irishmen might have prevented it
Abraham Lincoln died 160 years ago today at Ford’s Theater, cut down by the rabidly pro-slavery actor named John Wilkes Booth ... move back to his beloved Illinois. He dreamed of a better ...
The Independent1mon
Abraham Lincoln’s blood-stained leather gloves are headed for auction
American history buffs will soon be able to bid on a set of 140 rare artifacts that formerly belonged to President Abraham Lincoln ... Freeman's | Hindman in Chicago, Illinois, the president ...