When Abraham Lincoln was about 19 years old, he made his first voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers with a load of produce to sell in New Orleans. In ...

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Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the ...

Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their ...

This is the week we recall the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Although we don’t single out his birthday as a nation any longer, ...

Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

Abraham Lincoln ... slave labor. Lincoln, who had worked as a hired hand himself, was in favor of “cutting up the wild lands into parcels, so that every poor man may have a home,” he said ...

Your device does not support the audio. EDWARDSVILLE - SIUE Emeritus Professor Stephen Hansen will explore the myths and legends of Abraham Lincoln at the inaugural event of the 2025 MCHS Speakers ...

had been honed by plenty of practice at home, in Burlingame's view. Author, too, of the definitive Abraham Lincoln: A Life, (2009) Burlingame was among numerous experts consulted by director ...