Tampa Bay lawmaker’s bill would require portraits of Washington, Lincoln in Florida classrooms

A recently filed bill would require portraits of former presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to be displayed in ...
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Bill filed would require Florida classrooms to display portraits of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln

SB 420 would add the display of portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in a conspicuous place in classrooms used ...
The Floridian

Danny Burgess, John Snyder Want Portraits of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln in Classrooms

Sen. Danny Burgess (R-Zephyrhills) and Rep. John Snyder (R-Stuart) are looking to bring two of America's most well-known ...
The Miami Times

Danny Burgess, John Snyder push for mandatory portraits of Washington, Lincoln in Florida classrooms

State Sen. Danny Burgess and Rep. John Snyder are proposing legislation that would require portraits of Presidents George ...

Florida lawmakers file legislation requiring classrooms to display presidential portraits

As we look toward our country’s 250th birthday, there is no better time to return to our roots,” the legislation states.
IJR

Bernie Sanders Hints That Abraham Lincoln Was A Democratic Socialist

Oh, Bernie. Bless his heart — or at least whatever part of it still thinks Abraham Lincoln was on Team Socialist. Yes, in a moment that can only be described as historical revisionism with extra ...
New Republic

Abraham Lincoln’s 1859 Lesson for Some 2028 Democrat

It was 1859. The analogies to the current state of American politics are not precise and even paradoxical. To begin with, John Brown, though crazy and bloodthirsty, was on the right side of history.
The Atlantic

The Lincoln Way

Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address is a dense, technical affair. Delivered in March 1861, before the outbreak of the Civil War but after seven states had left the Union, it could hardly have ...
Artnet

The Teen Sculptor Who Took Washington by Storm—Then Vanished From the Spotlight

We know a lot about Abraham Lincoln: he was born to illiterate parents in a Kentucky log cabin, he executed the Emancipation Declaration in 1863, and, in presidential terms, he was enormously tall. We ...
NOLA.com

Silver statue of Abe Lincoln stolen from plantation turns up cut to pieces in Metairie pawn shops

It was Sunday, Sept. 7, when Kevin Kelly, owner of the Houmas House plantation between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, learned that his antique, solid silver statue of Abraham Lincoln had been stolen.
The State Journal-Register

Lincoln’s legacy told through 100 rare objects in new exhibit and book

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is unveiling a new exhibit and book this fall, highlighting Lincoln's life and legacy through a collection of 100 objects. The book, ...
LancasterOnline

We must defend democracy, as Abraham Lincoln did [column]

In August, history professor Michael Birkner gave a short speech in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, near where President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous address in November 1863. The event was ...