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Just in case Abraham Lincoln ever wishes to give an encore performance of that famous speech he delivered in 1863 at ...
A mural celebrating 169 years since Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "lost speech" in Bloomington was unveiled Thursday ...
Elected as next year’s band drum major, he was also recently awarded third chair at the State contest for his French Horn ...
Following the Civil War and the assassination of the president, Douglas penned a letter that was republished in newspapers of ...
“The revered Abraham Lincoln and the famous Stephen A. Douglas spoke on several occasions from its steps.” That was the sentence: Historic proof that Lincoln visited Geneva. According to ...
It was here, on August 27, 1858, that U.S. senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas waged a war of words. "Imagine that you're there," says my guide, George Buss, stepping onto ...
McClelland then addresses the rematch between the two men in the presidential election of 1860. As he takes us on the campaign trail, we clearly see the bitter rivalry, particularly from Douglas, who ...
“Lincoln says, time and time again in his debates with Stephen Douglas, ‘If I become a public ... “And, sure enough, when he was president, Abraham Lincoln issued passports to blacks in ...
Abraham Lincoln, right, and Stephen Douglas are depicted debating at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., in 1858 inside the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Ill. Most everyone ...
Chances are you’ve heard of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. The series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas launched Lincoln into national prominence ...
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln held a forum to consider a potential ... IAMA Theatre’s workshop production of Douglas Lyons’ time-travel adventure “Don’t Touch My Hair” runs through Feb ...