Abraham Lincoln
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Anthony Trollope’s Controversial American Christmas
Trollope cheerfully turned up and enjoyed and a convivial dinner in the company of men who, that very morning, had been deciding whether to go to war with his country.
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“Congressman Lincoln,” by Chris DeRose
On August 3, 1846, the day Abraham Lincoln won election to his only term in Congress, the gangly, 37-year-old country lawyer was unknown outside his Illinois district. America was a country of 28 states, largely unsettled west of the Mississippi.…
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And in This Corner…The Emancipator!
Previously, we blogged about how Abraham Lincoln grew his trademark beard partly because of a letter from a little girl. As it turns out, that’s not the only surprising biographical fact about Lincoln; he was also an avid wrestler, as…
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Great Moments in Historical Cuteness
Let’s all take a moment to appreciate the fact that Abraham Lincoln grew that iconic beard of his because a little girl asked him to in a letter. “I have got 4 brothers and part of them will vote for…
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Mary Todd Lincoln: The Controversial First Lady
Mary Todd Lincoln was no Jackie Kennedy. Although Mary Lincoln is often portrayed as being consumed by aristocratic airs, she hardly fit in with the upper-class. She spent hefty sums of money on custom tailored dresses to “look the part;”…
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Thursday, November 19, 1863
149 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief but monumental speech that would come to be known as “The Gettysburg Address.”
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When the Wall Between Church and State Fell
The Daily Beast has a fascinating post about a mostly forgotten moment in American history: the time General Ulysses S. Grant “wrote out an order banishing all Jews throughout his entire command.” It involves contraband cotton, Grant’s conflict with his…
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Abraham Lincoln: Facebook Inventor
In 1845, Abraham Lincoln tried–and failed–to patent the The Springfield Gazette, a personal paper with striking similarities to our modern day Book of Faces. Here’s the full story. “He went on to propose that ‘each Man may decide if he…