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KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 -- The decision by the British government to erect the statue of India's Independence Icon Mahatma Gandhi in London's Parliament Square is a very fitting tribute to the great civil rights leader, said Gandhi Memorial Trust Chairman S.Radhakrishnan.

The line about photo ops was so absurd that it's a good thing he wasn't under oath.

Watch a short video biography of President Abraham Lincoln, including his early years in Kentucky, his time as president, the Emancipation Proclamation, and his assassination.

Maine played many important roles on the national stage and on the front lines of the Civil War, but Maine was sharply divided on the need to go to war in 1861.

When Ashland organized its first church congregation, Abraham Lincoln was president, the Civil War raged on and Oregon was only five years old.

In the two hours of driving about the Bolognese countryside, the HuracA n showed itself to be a worthy successor to the Gallardo Having seen the sumptuous collection of angles and curves that is the Lamborghini HuracA n in person during its North American debut a few months back, I can attest to its visual impact, so I was just slightly pleased to ... (more)

When Mark Twain collaborated with his neighbor Charles Dudley Warner in 1873 to write the novel The Gilded Age , it received mixed reviews-but it became a classic, in large part because of its title, which has come to define an era of thorough and deep corruption in public affairs and governance.

The British government announced this week that it will install a statue of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi opposite Parliament alongside statues of other pioneering statesmen, including Nelson Mandela and Abraham Lincoln.

The Civil War clash known as "the battle that saved Washington" could more accurately be labeled "the battle that saved Lincoln's re-election," a prominent preservationist said Wednesday as the National Park Service marked the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Monocacy.

Posted by Ron Warnick in Businesses , History , Route 66 Associations , Signs . Tags: Hi-Way Tavern , Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame , Nelch and Son Concrete , Postville Courthouse trackback Three inductees - including a previously announced historic bar in Edwardsville - were announced to the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame during the Illinois ... (more)

Actress Sally Mummey will appear in a first-person portrayal of Mary Todd Lincoln: An Unconventional Woman at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, 104 Walker St. A Victorian tea will follow the performance.

The official 120-man Reebok Breakout Classic roster was released this morning with about one dozen Seton Hall recruiting targets and plenty of other local talent listed.

Stop in and see Rosa Martinez, Branch Manager Jorge L. Corona, Diana Navarro, Mayra Robles, Anna Anciso, Erika Brisco, Carol Williams, or any of the tellers so they can take care of any full service banking needs.

The party on Tuesday announced it would hold its national convention in the industrial heart of Ohio, a state that no Republican since Abraham Lincoln has lost while winning the presidency.

Sen. Charles Schumer is asking for letters exchanged between Abraham Lincoln and an 11-year-old western New York girl in 1860 to be temporarily displayed in the girl's hometown.

Learn about Springfield Illinois, the town where Abraham Lincoln begun his political life and experience its tourist attractions such as Lincoln's old law office and the Lincoln Home national historic site.

As we celebrate 150 years of protecting Yosemite National Park, we have to look closer at how it became ours in the first place.

Author, filmmaker and social commentator Dinesh D'Souza produced a fascinating and compelling film when he produced "2016: Obama's America."

That insight is pretty much all an American needs to know in order to understand why the American Founders considered religion - specifically ethical monotheism rooted in the Hebrew Bible - indispensable to the American experiment; and why the America we have known since 1776 is in jeopardy.

Chancellor George Osborne and Foreign Secretary William Hague announced the plans in New Delhi at Gandhi Smriti, a memorial on the site of his assassination.