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Abraham Lincoln historical interpreter George Buss portrayed the president during a previous Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend at The Mariners' Museum.

How LBJ passed the '64 Civil Rights Act-by lying, schmoozing, charming, and threatening-is dramatized in the new Broadway play, starring Bryan Cranston.

The story of the "crisis" in Ukraine has been presented as an immediate threat to all civilized life on earth yet for days now, news anchors have been doing reports standing in front of what looks like crowds gathered for a winter version of Jazz Fest.

From Cicero to hick, President Lincoln has many voices in Jerome Charyn's novelization of America's greatest leader-and he also has sex.

A construction worker stands on break, reflected in a wax rendition of the Underground Railroad at the Gettysburg Heritage Center.

Abass Hassan Mohammed, originally of Somali, poses with a statue of Abraham Lincoln after becoming an American citizen on July 26, 2013 in New York City.

Grey lady: Diane Kruger keeps up exercise routine with another pilates class in West Hollywood and treats herself to fresh juice Diane Kruger kept up her exercise routine on Wednesday in an all-grey ensemble as she went to a pilates class in West Hollywood, California.

When George M. Pullman returned to Chicago in April, 1863, he renewed his partnership with Senator Benjamin C. Field and began to build sleeping/palace cars.

Newsmax TV has won a prestigious Telly Award for its program "Lincoln at Gettysburg," which began airing last Nov. 19, the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

Steven Spielberg hasn't quite figured out what he wants to do after Lincoln , but it might just be a remake of West Side Story , the iconic 1961 musical that won Best Picture.

Miley Cyrus is taking some heat for using teleprompters to read her lyrics while performing on her current Bangerz tour.

A Fox News contributor last week asked protesters at a North Carolina rally whether the Tea Party is racist.

A bronze statue of Lincoln sits in the middle of downtown Hodgenville, Ky., and is older than the national Lincoln momument in Washington D.C. Bronze statue shows Lincoln as a boy sitting on a log reading.

"The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but cannot do, at all, or cannot do, so well, for themselves -- in their separate and individual capacities."

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In support of the Local & Legendary: Belfast in the Civil War series of events, the March theme of Friday Night Flicks at the Belfast Free Library is the Civil War.

Marten Stromberg, exhibit writer of Carl Sandburg in Elmhurst and rare books curator at University of Illinois at Urbana, will share his insights on Sandburg's life, passion, and body of work created during the era he lived and worked in Elmhurst during a March 6 presentation.

A Leicester man charged with stealing rare books worth more than $100,000 from Becker College - including an original copy of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and a book signed by Abraham Lincoln - has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution.

Today's Highlight in History: On March 4, 1789, the Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in New York.

For many years, Steven Spielberg was labeled a ''popcorn'' director, who merely directed summer blockbusters.