Copland settled on Abraham ... Lincoln, creating a kind of musical meditation on the great president’s ideals and legacy. Written for orchestra and narrator, the work intertwines the timbres of a full ...
Frederick Douglass was the first black man to discuss politics alone with the president. In Lincoln, the reformer found an ...
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 ...
On a Saturday evening in 1838, a young Illinois state legislator ascended the pulpit of his hometown Baptist church to deliver a lecture before the Springfield Young Men’s Lyceum. Abraham Lincoln’s ...
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, ...
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 ...
This 64-pound solid silver statue was stolen from the Houmas House Estate in Darrow, Louisiana, had been cut up to be sold to pawn shops, officials say. Houmas House Estate & Gardens Facebook ...
ASCENSION PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Detectives have arrested three people in connection with the burglary and theft of a rare Abraham Lincoln statue from Houmas House and Gardens in Darrow. RELATED: Statue ...
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