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I’ve had Whitman in mind this spring as we’ve watched the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency ...
The nation's founding document has been celebrated by leaders across the centuries, and it can still guide us today.
Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...
The hedge-fund billionaire also paid a record $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution four years ago.
We’re not going to be less than anybody,” Quenzer said. “And that’s one of the reasons I think I really fell for you, is because you’re just so fierce and so am I - in different ways.” ...
But even without its mention in the film, Walt Whitman’s poem deserves a spot on our list of the most famous poems ever written. Penned in 1865 as a tribute to Abraham Lincoln, who was ...
An auction of precious Abraham Lincoln artifacts raised close to $8 million Wednesday, meaning a likely seven-figure windfall for a cash-strapped Springfield foundation that was selling part of ...
News Nation Abraham Lincoln artifacts to be auctioned to pay off foundation’s debt May 21, 2025 Updated Wed., May 21, 2025 at 9:24 p.m. Then Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner of Illinois walks through the ...
Abraham Lincoln artifacts to be auctioned to pay off foundation’s debt The auction — representing 10 percent of the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s collection — includes the gloves ...
Few American heroes have evoked more poetic tribute than Lincoln. He was the subject, it may be recalled, of an epic which received the prize in a notable New York newspaper contest in 1806. The ...