April 14th, 1865, there was another performance of Our American Cousin at the Ford Theater.  Abraham Lincoln had seen the play before but w...

Just got a reminder from one of the references I work with at the library. Today is the 150th Anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Addr...

( NOTE : Had to edit for an accidental grammar error) As the Shutdown Showdown of 2013 continues unabated - and in fact may get worse - mor...

...except for the fact that President Lincoln and the Republican Party wanted to present a Union ticket in the midst of the Civil War, and s...

Do you know how hard it is to come up with a quirky blog entry title for a man whose eloquence made him possibly the greatest orator/wordsmi...