One child is heard gasping and exclaiming, "Did Abraham Lincoln die?" as the rest of the class erupts into tears. Cal, ...

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The former opponent of forever wars in the Middle East is debating dropping bombs there without military provocation against ...

Celebrate Juneteenth, stay up late at the Smithsonian’s Solstice Saturday, dance at an outdoor concert or sample barbecue on Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Object Details Publisher National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center Description Lesson has students analyze a primary source document, young Grace Bedell's letter to Abraham ...

Thursday will mark 160 years since Union forces landed in Galveston with news that enslaved Texans had been emancipated more than two years ...

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