Beards were also popular in Britain, the United States, and Europe in the 1860s. This was a time when the beard was sported by many leaders (Alexander III of Russia, Napoleon III of France, Frederick III of Germany, Abraham Lincoln of the United States) as well as by many leading state...
The article highlights the Hildene, former home to three generations of the descendants of President Abraham Lincoln. Robert Todd Lincoln developed the 412-acre estate in 1905 that is located in the foothills of Manchester, Vermont. The formal Hoyt Garden is one of the most notable features of ...
Part of this belief derived from the association of Africans with slavery, and another part of this belief was the myth that God had cursed Ham, son of Noah, by making him and his descendants slaves to all others, “servants unto servants” (Lewis 1979; Evans, 1980). Medieval Arabs, ...
Samuel Mudd.Reports that Samuel Mudd, the doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth's broken leg, was convicted as a conspirator even though he claimed he didn't know Booth had shot Abraham Lincoln. Last week, 20 of his descendants asked the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to ...
The author offers opinions on the role of Abraham Lincoln in U.S. political thought. The country will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth in 2009. It is noted that both the Republican and Democratic party claim to be Lincoln's true ideological descendants. The author states ...
Discussion on the view of former United States President Abraham Lincoln on slavery and justice; Controversy surrounding the proposal to indemnify the descendants of African slaves in the United States; Economic gains enjoyed by White men from their slaves.Drinan...
Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln stage a dash that the Roosevelt entry has never won, sometimes losing in comic or unexpected ways. Some of the real Roosevelt's descendants and fans are not happy over this.Wall Street Journal - Eastern ...