In the spring of 1837, a “long, gawky, ugly, shapeless man” walked into Joshua Speed’s dry goods store in Springfield, Illinois, requesting supplies for a bed. Speed said the cost would be US$17, ...
An old claim about a photo purported to be the earliest photographic image of Abraham Lincoln recently has reappeared on social media. "The earliest known photo of Abraham Lincoln, 1840," read the ...
On the property where he was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, lies the first memorial ever constructed to honor the life of former President Abraham Lincoln. Opened with great fanfare in 1911, the ...
An opportunity for families and friends and, by extension, communities, states, and the country itself to have a national ...