albs_SUPAdminMay 3, 2017
Lincoln’s Journey Home
On this date 152 years ago Lincoln's body was lying in state here in Chicago. Throughout the day-at a rate of 7,000 per hour-mourners filed past the casket paying their final respects to President Lincoln. That evening, the Lincoln Funeral ... Read More
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albs_SUPAdminMarch 16, 2016
Nicolay and Hay, and Their “Other” Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln: A History, by President Lincoln’s private secretaries, John Nicolay and John Hay, stands even today as the most massive single work ever written on the sixteenth president. The publication of the ten-volume set by the Century Company in ... Read More
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James G. Randall and his Essential Lincoln Volumes
10 February 2016
James Garfield Randall was born in 1881, and named for the man who was then president of the United States. President Garfield, of course, did not survive the year, but his namesake lived to become, perhaps, the greatest ... Read More
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NBC 5 Chicago Interview
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March 31, 2015. Here in Illinois, we are all abuzz about our recently resigned U. S. Representative Aaron Schock. Not only did he compare himself to Lincoln during his Farewell speech, but both Lincoln and Schock have ... Read More
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Anna Ella Carroll
March 18, 2015. A number of official organizations celebrate March as Women’s History Month. This month the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the National Park Service, and the Smithsonian (just to name a few national institutions) will be honoring ... Read More
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Michelle Obama, Becoming, Deluxe Ed., Signed
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Ethan Allen, Manscript Document Signed, Twice
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