After years of neglect, an Illinois village with ties to Abraham Lincoln is getting a refresh
The tiny central Illinois village of New Salem, where Lincoln accidentally spent half-a-dozen years in the 1830s, perhaps did ...
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After years of neglect, Illinois village with ties to Lincoln getting a refresh
The village where Abraham Lincoln came of age is deteriorating. Lincoln lived in New Salem, Illinois, as a young man from ...
Smithsonian Magazine4 天
The Lincoln Assassination: Was Mary Surratt a Conspirator?
The southern widow's Maryland house was a crucial stop on the escape route for assassin John Wilkes Booth the night he shot the president. Read more about Abraham ...
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Learn how Lincoln’s assassination affected the lives of three women
On Saturday, April 5 at 4 p.m. a performance of “Thinking Inside the Box” will take place at the Columns Museum Foundation ...
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The Heartfelt Final Words Lincoln Shared with His Wife Before His Death
Booth jumped into action and planned Lincoln’s assassination. He and a small group of co-conspirators had previously plotted a kidnapping plan against the president, but this time murder was the goal.