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Today marks the end of a long and grueling presidential campaign season. Our nation will make history today, no matter who wins the presidential election. We will end up with…

Back on October 17, 2008 I wrote a post about an exhibit which had just opened at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Titled “Lincoln: The Constitution…

Mr. Lincoln looks like he’s “chillin'” a bit in this drawing, almost as if he’s thinking about a week or so at the beach, catching some rays, doing a little…

My previous post was titled “Chillin‘ With Abe,” informing my readers that I was heading to the beach for some much-needed relaxation and fun with my friends and their family.…

As the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth rapidly approaches, plans are in full swing across the country for exhibitions, lectures, concerts, plays, musicals, and countless other activities to celebrate his…

Today’s Indianapolis Star newspaper brings the happy news that the famed collection from the now-defunct Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana will apparently remain in Indiana after all. A news…

The cable channel C-SPAN is running a series of programs every night this week about The White House. Titled “White House Week” the shows will feature tours of the private…

President-Elect Barack Obama has been doing his best to “channel” Abraham Lincoln ever since he kicked off his campaign for the presidency. He began his campaign in Springfield, Illinois at…

Welcome to the newest Abraham Lincoln blog. As the heading states, the purpose of this blog is to provide a repository of facts, anecdotes, and even trivia about the 16th…

The casual student of Lincoln probably doesn’t realize that many of his wife’s family members fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. This article describes in brief detail some…