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Abraham, the Sages were convinced, was a greater religious hero than Noah. We hear this in the famous dispute among the Sages about the phrase that Noah was “perfect in his generations,” meaning ...

"He had won the war. Richmond fell on April 3rd, Lee surrendered on April 9th, and Lincoln gave his final speech from the White House grounds the evening of April 11th," Swanson told an audience ...

PHOENIX — A new attraction based on the life and death of President Abraham Lincoln is open in Scottsdale and will run until mid-February. The Lincoln: Assassination and Honor event will be open from ...

(WXYZ) — President Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865, just one day after being shot inside Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. For any history fan or Lincoln fan ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The birthday of Abraham Lincoln, who served as the 16th President of the United States and was known as “The Great Emancipator,” is Sunday, Feb. 12. According to History.com, ...

In this lesson, students interrogate their own assumptions about Abraham Lincoln in order to arrive at a deeper understanding of who Lincoln was. They investigate primary source documents in order to ...