Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site is a replica of the hamlet where Lincoln lived for six years during his early ...
Many important and influential people have called Augusta home, but you may not know it was the boyhood home of a U.S.
Paul Simon, a New Deal-style liberal, served Illinois in various political roles and authored 22 books, leaving a lasting ...
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When it comes to Mexican presidents, Benito Juárez is pretty difficult to beat in terms of achievements and legacy.
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We’re now at the point where five corrupt Republicans on the Supreme Court have harmed us so severely that our nation is ...
Today, we frequently hear that we are in unprecedented times when it comes to politics and voting. But is that actually the ...
It is fascinating to note that, notwithstanding his antisemitism, Sherman was a great admirer of Rose Eytinge (1835-1911), a Jewish-American actress and author who rose to become one of the most popul ...
Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize has been awarded. On the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s 1861 inauguration, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announced that Edda L. Fields-Black, author ...
Abraham Lincoln arrived at the New Salem grist mill along the Sangamon River aboard a flatboat that was sinking.