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Nov 21 2023
Opinion
Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation delivers powerful message to a divided America
Amid a potentially nation-annihilating war that threatened to tear America to shreds, President Abraham Lincoln faced a truly excruciating catastrophe. And while he could have buckled under the seemingly insuperable weight of uncertainty or allowed the fiery coals of rage to consume him, America’s 16th president chose another path: thanksgiving.
Just months after the July 1863 Battle
Washington Times
Oct 21 2012
Abraham Lincoln: The Great Campaigner
Aug 05 2022
Fact Check
Did Abraham Lincoln Endure Failure Before Presidency?
Claim
Abraham Lincoln endured a steady stream of failure and defeat before becoming President of the United States.
Origin
The unsourced “Abraham Lincoln Didn’t Quit” list reproduced below is a ubiquitous piece of American historical glurge that has been printed in countless magazines and newspaper columns over the decades, including an appearance in a 1967 Reader’s
Snopes
Oct 10 2023
Opinion
Biden Doubled Down on the Abraham Accords — to “Devastating Consequences”
THE RECENT EXPLOSION of violence in and around the Gaza Strip, triggered by a Hamas assault that killed hundreds of Israelis, including scores of civilians, has drawn the U.S. back into a region from which the Biden administration has spent years trying to pivot away from. The U.S. has reportedly begun to move naval assets into the Mediterranean to provide support for Israel’s military
The Intercept
Nov 05 2023
News
Lincoln Police investigating deadly motorcycle crash in southeast Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln Police Department is investigating a deadly motorcycle crash that happened in southeast Lincoln Saturday night. LPD said officers were called to the area of S. 82nd and ‘A’ Streets for a two-motorcycle crash at 5:14 p.m. Investigators said each of the male riders were thrown from their motorcycles during the crash. When officers arrived they found both
KOLN
Apr 19 2022
Fact Check
Fact Check: Is San Francisco Removing Abraham Lincoln’s Name From a High School?
An article from American Web Media claims that a San Francisco school district is removing Abraham Lincoln’s name from a high school because “black lives did not matter to him.” American Web Media is a website with a history of misrepresentingnews and publishing articles that are now outdated.
This piece is no different: The AWM article provides quotes from a San Francisco debate over
The Dispatch Fact Check
Nov 21 2023
News
Two vehicles collide in southeast Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Lincoln Fire & Rescue responded to a crash in southeast Lincoln on Tuesday.
The crash happened just before 5:20 p.m. at the intersection of 56th Street and Union Hill Road.
At least two vehicles were involved, according to a Channel 8 reporter at the scene.
There were two ambulances and two firetrucks on the scene.
This is a developing
ABC 8 KLKN
Nov 21 2023
News
Victim identified in south Lincoln crash
The Lincoln Police Department on Tuesday identified the victim from Monday's fatal crash in south Lincoln as a 32-year-old Lincoln man. Ryley Costello, who was driving a sedan, was one of two people involved in the crash that happened at about 2 p.m. near South 20th Street and Nebraska Parkway. The other driver, a 38-year-old Crete man, was in a pickup truck and was treated at the hospital for
Lincoln Journal Star
Nov 07 2023
News
Iowa City voters elect Abraham, Eastham, Lingo, and Williams for Iowa City school board seats
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Iowa City voters chose three incumbents and one new candidate with similar goals to fill the four vacant spots on the Iowa City Community School District school board Tuesday. Molly Abraham garnered 12,468 votes, Mitchell Lingo garnered 11,154 votes, Charlie Eastham took 11,137 votes, and Lisa Williams took 12,135 votes, according to
The Daily Iowan
Jun 30 2022
News
Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln bust removed from Cornell library after ‘complaint’: professor
A bust of President Abraham Lincoln and a plaque of the Gettysburg Address have been removed from a Cornell University library.
“Someone complained, and it was gone,” Cornell biology professor Randy Wayne told the College Fix of the matter.
The bust of Lincoln and the bronzed plaque of the president’s historic 1863 address had been in the Kroch Library, where the university’s
New York Post (News)