In Freeport, Illinois, just beyond the somnolent downtown, a small park near the Pecatonica River is wedged next to the public library. In the mid-19th century, however, land along the shore stretched ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
ANAC copy 39088001315837 from the Daniel Boorstin American Civilization Collection. Contents pt. I. Introductory. 1958: The crisis in historical judgment ; 1858: Lincoln versus Douglas ; The ...
“Right Makes Might: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates” is a timely documentary now streaming at Fox Nation that all Americans should watch. Narrated by Lincoln historian Allen Guelzo, it features noted ...
Michael Douglas has always had a gift for playing ethically challenged and morally ambiguous characters, and even a cursory look at his greatest hits — “Fatal Attraction,” “Basic Instinct,” “The War ...
McClelland, who has written extensively on American politics and cultural and social history, explores the relationship between these two giants of mid-nineteenth century American politics and how ...
QUINCY — The next History Happy Hour hosted by the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum, 128 N. Fifth St. in Quincy, will be held at 5:30 p.m. on June 19. Dr. Steve Belko from John Wood Community College ...
Lincoln and incumbent senator Douglas squared off, of course, in the most famous debates in American history. The Illinois encounters would reshape the nation's bitter argument over slavery, transform ...
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