Researchers have found and named a new dinosaur species closely related to the massive theropod Tyrannosaurus rex. The newly…
Day: April 7, 2011
Gettysburg Address
On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the greatest speeches in American…
Emancipation Proclamation
When the American Civil War (1861-65) began, President Abraham Lincoln carefully framed the conflict as concerning the preservation of the…
Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught Illinois lawyer and legislator
Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught Illinois lawyer and legislator with a reputation as an eloquent opponent of slavery, shocked many when…
