The items, which were intended to be part of a permanent collection at the Lincoln Presidential Foundation in Illinois, were sold to help reduce the foundation’s debt.

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The Japanese community in New York is grieving and in disbelief after former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, one of the most prominent people from their native country, was assassinated Friday.

Answer: Nothing. He didn’t ever have one here. In fact, it was in the year Abe left Central Illinois to pursue the U.S. presidency (1858) that the very first Christmas tree appeared in Central ...