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Chris Ryder, of Le Claire, Iowa, is partnering with the Lincoln Monument Association on the project to mark the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's death. The association will sell copies of the ...

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Presidential gravesites and memorials can be found across the United States — in small villages, bustling cities and quiet family estates. Some memorials are grand and elaborate; others are simple and ...

In our era, they might seem like performative gestures for the president. A quiet visit with the wife of a wounded soldier. A conversation with a battlefield nurse or a kitchen worker. A hand extended ...

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SPRINGFIELD — On May 19, 1875, a Cook County jury handed down a verdict in a case concerning the health and welfare of Mary Lincoln, widow of the former president who had been assassinated a decade ...