In 1862, jewelry engraver and amateur photographer William H. Mumler was developing a self-portrait in his Boston studio when a ghostly image began to surface. Just below his own image in the photo ...
Residents are invited to the next installment in a series of town hall meetings in Carson to make county government more ...
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Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt statues returning to downtown Portland, with new stories to tell
When the sculptor Alexander Phimister Proctor’s monument of Roosevelt was unveiled in Portland in 1922, the then-recently ...
Why these men specifically? Each one made trips to Lafayette during their lifetimes and “not only visited, but made history.” ...
Nonfiction: “Lincoln’s Ghost” has little to do with the titular president but lots to do with spurious mediums.
Imagine walking into a place where Abraham Lincoln’s face on your $5 bill suddenly has the purchasing power of Alexander Hamilton’s $10 – that’s the magic that happens at America’s Thrift Store in ...
Fourteen presidents have called themselves Freemasons, members of the centuries-old fraternal organization known for its secret rituals and mysterious symbols. Abraham Lincoln was not one of them, but ...
President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...
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, ...
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.
ASCENSION PARISH, La. — Three people were arrested Thursday in in connection with the theft of a silver Abraham Lincoln statue from the Houmas House and Gardens in Darrow, according to the Ascension ...
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 ...
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