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“You’re going to have to make some kind of parking that’s got a guardrail that’s safe for kids on school trips ... “This is where President Abraham Lincoln, one of the most famous ...
"When we see efforts to erase our history...it's actually going to make us weaker [and] less informed," said Alan Spear tells ...
This list isn’t just a snooze-worthy textbook version of Lincoln’s life. Nope! These are real places I’ve visited—some epic, ...
The quirky public art pieces along Route 66 are part time capsule, part creative canvas. From fiberglass giants to a man-made ...
A pair of Nebraska high school students are under investigation for taking an “extremely inappropriate” photograph posing ...
The U.S. government has an official plan for a zombie apocalypse Think The Walking Dead is straight-up fiction? Well, it ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Some notable applications of it are when Abraham Lincoln invoked the Insurrection Act at the start of the Civil War after Southern states began seceding. Dwight D. Eisenhower invoked it after the ...
“We planted a redwood tree for our kids’ kids, because it’s so small ... Under the 1862 Homestead Act, President Abraham Lincoln granted families 160 acres of land each, mainly west of ...
Then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had ordered the Roosevelt to extend its deployment for a short time and remain in the region as the USS Abraham Lincoln was pushed to get to the area more quickly.