America, we are being told by pundits and experts, has never been more divided. We're also being told that this election year is the most important in living memory. But a look back at the year 1864 ...

On November 7, 1864, Syracuse’s Republican mayor, Archibald Campbell Powell, issued two connected and rather telling proclamations to his fellow citizens. First, he reminded them that, however much it ...

Political opponents and TV comedians regularly poke fun at the president for mangling the language. However, most people would rank Abraham Lincoln at the top of the speech eloquence scale. So it is ...

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