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Is Tom Hanks Related to Abraham Lincoln? The Surprising Answer Set the Internet Abuzz
Tom Hanks is famous in his own right, but is he related to one of the most famous U.S. presidents, Abraham Lincoln? Here's ...
Why Are There 9 Supreme Court Justices?
The U.S. Constitution doesn't specify how many Supreme Court justices are necessary—and there weren’t always nine on the ...
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Forged by fire, the reinvention and modernization of the U.S. Army in the Civil War.
For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...
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Last interurban car departs Illinois Terminal Railroad in 1953, ending an era
The last interurban car left the Illinois Terminal Railroad's Alton depot in March 1953, marking the end of the electric car ...
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March 10, the Tibetan uprising of 1959
On March 10, 1959, thousands of Tibetans rebelled against occupying Chinese forces, surrounding the Dalai Lama’s palace to ...
New book reinforces Lincoln was an abolitionist long before his presidency
The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case ...
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Historian says Lincoln won Civil War with ‘the idea of Idaho,’ and early governor might have prevented assassination
Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14 ...
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The oldest hotel in Vermont is over 250 years old. How to stay there
Marsh Tavern changed owners and names multiple times until 1853, when the Orvis brothers established the hotel as The Equinox. In 1972, The Equinox closed for 13 years, re-opening as the restored ...
How D.C. first lost its right to self-govern, and the long road to home rule
The nation’s capital made history on Jan. 8, 1867, by giving Black men the right to vote with the District of Columbia ...
The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed
When Congress was in recess, Johnson vetoed two bills that had been passed: one to help find homes for formerly enslaved people who could no longer live on the property of their enslavers, and the ...
What does censure mean? Houston Rep. Al Green rebuked for outburst during Trump speech.
The U.S. representative from Houston was censured after being removed during President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress. What does that mean?
President Trump Wears Italian Tie for ‘Renewal of the American Dream’ Speech Before Joint Session of Congress
President Donald Trump repeatedly made his case for America during Tuesday night’s State of the Union address before the ...