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Strange crossings: Booth asked the president for an umbrella
This is just so odd that it merits our attention, something I found a while ago researching about presidents and umbrellas. On November 17, 1864, John Wilkes Booth wrote to President Abraham Lincoln...
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Thomas Nast in 1864: “The Union Christmas Dinner” pushed reconciliation in...
Thomas Nast may have done as much as Abraham Lincoln to invent the Republican Party. Nast’s illustration for Harper’s Weekly for the issue of December 31, 1864, expressed his great desire for an end to...
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You’d think more Americans would want to celebrate National Freedom Day
Any parades planned in your town? Are your neighbors flying flags to celebrate today, February 1? If not, do you know why that would matter to anyone? February 1 is National Freedom Day in the U.S....
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Darwin and Lincoln and February 12: Cool coincidence or divine intervention?
Is it an unprecedented coincidence? 207 years ago today, just minutes (probably hours) apart according to unconfirmed accounts, Abraham Lincoln was born in a rude log cabin on Nolin Creek, in...
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Presidents’ Day 2016: Fly your flag today
It’s Presidents’ Day on most calendars, though the official U.S. holiday is “Washington’s Birthday.” Presidents’ Day, or Washington’s Birthday, is celebrated on the third Monday in February. In 2016...
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Georgia’s vote ratified the 13th Amendment, December 6, 1865
On December 6, 1865, Georgia’s legislature voted to ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, pushing the total of states past the three-fourths margin required, 27 of 36 states. Secretary of...
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Millard Fillmore’s letter to Abraham Lincoln, December 16, 1861: The Trent...
Sometimes ex-presidents get the bug to offer advice to the person holding the office at the time. Most of the time they let the urge pass. But on December 16, 1861, former President Millard Fillmore...
View ArticleRemembering Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
154 years ago this week, Abraham Lincoln redefined the Declaration of Independence and the goals of the American Civil War, in a less-than-two-minute speech dedicating part of the battlefield at...
View Article“273 words toward a new nation”– Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
Librarians have it good, living among books. Librarians at the Library of Congress have it best, with the amazingly complete collection of books, top-notch scholars, and just plain old curious stuff...
View ArticleHappy birthday, Abe and Charles!
On this day in 1809, just a few hours apart, Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born. What are the odds of historic coincidences like that? Lincoln’s birthday is still listed in law as a date to...
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