Abraham Lincoln

Our greatest vampire hunter? Thousands of books have been written about Abraham Lincoln, but none, until now, has dealt with his skills as a vampire hunter. Say what? Seth Grahame-Smith of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" fame (written with Jane Austen) is now zeroing in on the vampire craze with the grisly parody Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to be published March 2 by Grand Central. More on TWILIGHT FEVER  

As he wrapped up a two-day, seven-city book tour with a rally at the Florida retirement community The Villages today, Glenn Beck wrote an open letter on GlennBeck.com. Beck writes that he is "meeting with some of the best minds in the country that believe in limited government, maximum freedom and the values of our Founders." What they come up with will be put into a new book called "The Plan." Then, on August 28, 2010, Beck will unveil...  

The animatronic president is set to debut after getting a high-tech update. But scholars say his speech, unchanged from when it appeared decades ago, is not like the real thing. It looks like Abraham Lincoln. It moves like Abraham Lincoln. And it quotes Abraham Lincoln. But historians say it still doesn't sound like Abraham Lincoln.  

With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibitionhttp://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/lincoln/Pages/Default.aspxFrom the site:“With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition commemorates the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the nation’s revered sixteenth president. More than a chronological account of the life of Abraham Lincoln, the exhibition reveals Lincoln the man, whose thoughts, words, and...  

Book digitized by Google from the library of University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb..This item belongs to: texts/americana.This item has files of the following types: Abbyy GZ, Animated GIF, DjVu, DjVuTXT, Djvu XML, Image Container PDF, Metadata, Scandata, Single Page Processed JP2 ZIP  

Two years after Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th Amendment was created. This Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery throughout the entire United States and not just areas under Union control. Emancipation Proclamation to the 13th Amendment originally appeared on About.com American History on Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 00:49:42.Permalink | Comment | Email this  

Proclamation - Thanksgiving Day, 1863October 3, 1863 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added which are of so extraordinary a nature that they can not fail to penetrate and...  

On December 8, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued a "Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction." While in the midst of the Civil War, Lincoln was farsighted enough to see the need for future reconciliation. Many Radical Republicans saw this document as giving too much to the South. Unfortunately, with Lincoln's assassination, his Reconstruction Plan would never come to fruition. First Official Mention by Abraham Lincoln for Future Reconstruction...  

Spanish painter El Greco often depicted elongated human figures and objects in his work. Some art historians have suggested that he might have been astigmatic--that is, his eyes’ corneas or lenses may have been more curved horizontally than vertically, causing the image on the retina at the back of the eye to be stretched vertically. But surely this idea is absurd. If it were true, then we should all be drawing the world upside down, because...  

Summoning up the words of his predecessors George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and asking Americans to give special tribute to "our country's men and women in uniform," President Obama issued his first Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. [Read full text...] Also See: President's Pay and Compensation Presidential Retirement Benefits About the President's Cabinet President Obama’s First Thanksgiving Proclamation originally appeared on About.com...  

A letter US President Abraham Lincoln wrote to a boy whose friends didn't believe he had met the commander in chief will be sold in Philadelphia. Related StoriesLawyer Sergei Magnitsky found dead in Russian jailMexico Indian remains rescued from New York museum for burialTajikistan bans light bulbsSerbian president faces fine for stadium champagneBritons fined for pigeon tossing  

You’d never know it living in Springfield, but Abraham Lincoln is not the only historic figure celebrating a bicentennial birthday. This weekend, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn's birth with an all-Mendelssohn program.  

THIS IS A REPOST OF A 2005 POST HAPPY THANKSGIVING from Everyone at Dvorak Uncensored. Thanksgiving Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln — I’m always amused by the cock and bull story about Thanksgiving being about Pilgrims, maize, turkeys and Indians when the holiday stems from an Abe Lincoln proclamation at the behest of magazine editor. The road to today’s Thanksgiving has had a rocky road, in fact. I’m not sure when the baloney about Pilgrims...  

Today marks the beginning of this year's Embarrass Valley Film Festival. Since 2004, the event has honored a specific person or theme connected to the Embarrass Valley. On the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, the theme for this year's festival is Lincoln, the Civil War, and Memory, said Kathryn Morice, a co-project director for the festival.  

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