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Abe; Honest Abe [69] Uncle Abe [70] for his avuncularity in his later years. The Ancient One, [71] a nickname favored by White House insiders because of his "ancient wisdom". Grand Wrestler, Abraham was great at wrestling and only had one recorded loss [72] The Great Emancipator [73] and The Liberator [74] for the emancipation of the slaves ...
The U.S. Mint is officially the P.T. Barnum of currency. It's addicted to showmanship. Yesterday, in a heartwarmingly goofy ceremony at Washington DC's Lincoln Memorial, an actor dressed as Abe ...
His legal reputation gave rise to the nickname "Honest Abe". [106] In an 1858 criminal trial, Lincoln represented William "Duff" Armstrong, who was on trial for the murder of James Preston Metzker. [107] The case is famous for Lincoln's use of a fact established by judicial notice to challenge the credibility of an eyewitness.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln is a 2005 book by Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, published by Simon & Schuster.The book is a biographical portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and some of the men who served with him in his cabinet from 1861 to 1865.
The U.S. Mint is officially the P.T. Barnum of currency. It's addicted to showmanship. Yesterday, in a heartwarmingly goofy ceremony at Washington DC's Lincoln Memorial, an actor dressed as Abe ...
"District of Columbia". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville. "District of Columbia". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997. "District of Columbia Newspapers". AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on November 16, 1999.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday said the league is aware of a lawsuit that accuses musician Jay-Z of rape but said it is not impacting the NFL's partnership with the rap mogul's Roc ...
The statue, Abraham Lincoln, with the inscription in the background in August 2015 The 170-ton statue is composed of 28 blocks of white Georgia marble [1] [vague] and rises 30 feet (9.1 m) from the floor, including the 19-foot (5.8 m) seated figure (with armchair and footrest) upon an 11-foot (3.4 m) high pedestal.