(Editor's note: this story comes from information posted on 47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com. An earlier version was missing this attribution.) Sometime on July 7, 1864, Corporal George R. Nicholas of ...

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September 30, 1926 - On Sept. 30, 1926, Vice President Charles G. Dawes visited Lincoln and was greeted by a boy scout. Dawes was the 30th V.P. under President Calvin Coolidge. He was born in Ohio, ...

Lincoln University announced that Pamela Sandbothe has been hired to serve as the vice president of administration and finance. Sandbothe will take over from Kathy Mangels, who has served the ...

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 ...

John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Booth was part of a nine-person conspiracy that also planned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State ...

1862: President Abraham Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all those enslaved in rebel-held territory would be "thenceforward, and forever, free." Credit - MPI/Getty ...

In a city that has countless statues and memorials honoring presidents, it’s hard to compete with the one that sits overlooking the National Mall. The statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the ...

RADNOR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lincoln Financial (NYSE: LNC), a leading provider of insurance, annuities, group benefits and retirement solutions, today announced the appointment of Jason Crane as ...

Lincoln Financial (NYSE: LNC), a leading provider of insurance, annuities, group benefits and retirement solutions, today announced the appointment of Jason Crane as Senior Vice President and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Lincoln Land Community College President Charlotte Warren, Ph. D., is retiring after two decades of leadership. Dr. Warren was the sixth president of LLCC. She will retire ...