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What our community organizations accomplish is wonderful and is what makes Edwardsville such a special place, writes Mayor.
It's worth revering not just the document itself, but the men of consequence who made American independence a reality.
Deeply unsettled by what they describe as a continued distortion of historical facts, Senator Victor Umeh and veteran ...
Housed in a stunning Victorian mansion that would make architecture buffs weak at the knees, this brewpub has become the stuff of local legend, particularly for their fish and chips that have ...
World-renowned Abraham Lincoln scholars, including Michael Burlingame, will speak at a symposium at Cantigny Park on Saturday, June 21. Organized by the Abraham Lincoln Association, each speaker ...
Abraham Lincoln owned a drum made in Mass. — but where is it? And the earliest known sample of the 16th president's handwriting, from a notebook in 1824, fetched $521,200.
Other popular items included a handkerchief Lincoln had on the night he was shot, which sold for $826,000, and the earliest known sample of the 16th president’s handwriting, from a notebook in ...
Abraham Lincoln's bloodstained gloves from Ford's Theatre sold for $1.52 million at auction. Other items included a handkerchief and a "wanted" poster.
Abraham Lincoln’s bloodstained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction By Associated Press Published May 22, 2025, 7:37 a.m. ET ...
An auction of precious Abraham Lincoln artifacts raised close to $8 million Wednesday, meaning a likely seven-figure windfall for a cash-strapped Springfield foundation that was selling part of ...
Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction The gloves were the top-selling items, bringing in $1.52 million including the premium.