$525K flag that draped Abraham Lincoln’s casket settles in NYC steakhouse
Historic Lincoln Flag Displays at NYC Steakhouse A unique flag, once draped over Abraham Lincoln’s coffin during his funeral, has found a new location at a steakhouse in midtown Manhattan. Keene’s Steakhouse, which boasts 141 years of history and a vast collection of Americana, revealed this significant $500,000 find during a private event on Thursday. […]
Pittsburgh gate ramming suspect referenced Lincoln’s assassin: criminal complaint
Incident at FBI Pittsburgh Field Office A man has been charged after reportedly driving his car into a metal gate at the FBI’s field office in Pittsburgh. The suspect, identified as Donald Henson from Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, allegedly made a reference to a famous Latin phrase during the incident: “sic semper tyrannis,” which translates to […]
Ken Griffin purchases Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment for $18.1 million
Billionaire Ken Griffin Expands Collection with Historic American Artifacts Ken Griffin, a billionaire hedge fund manager and CEO of Net Worth, recently added to his collection of rare historical documents by purchasing two significant pieces of American history. As reported by Forbes, Griffin acquired a rare handwritten copy of the 13th Amendment for $13.7 million […]
Abraham Lincoln’s gloves from Ford’s Theatre receive top bid at presidential auction
Auction of Lincoln’s Personal Items Draws Attention A recent auction featured personal belongings of President Abraham Lincoln, and one item particularly stood out. The leather gloves that were reportedly in Lincoln’s pocket on the night he was assassinated attracted significant interest. They sold for an astonishing $1.52 million, which included the buyer’s premium fee, according […]
Abraham Lincoln’s blood-soaked gloves from his assassination up for sale
A valuable artifact tied to President Abraham Lincoln hit the auction block on Wednesday. This item, part of a collection made accessible for public display, found itself caught in a complicated dispute related to $8 million in debt. The infamous leather gloves that Lincoln had in his possession the night he was assassinated were among […]
Lincoln’s Special Forces Crush a Company of Mosby’s Rangers
Confederate guerilla leader John Singleton Mosby had always encouraged his Rangers to strike first and “get the initiative” on their enemies, using the element of surprise to quickly and violently subdue small numbers of enemies. However, in September 1864, Union scouts copied Mosby’s Rangers’ tactics and did the same to Confederates. Early one morning, 16 […]
Lincoln’s Special Forces, The Jessie Scouts
A lone roadside sign marks the location beside a winding rural Virginia byway where Jack Sterry, a Union Jesse Scout also known as Lincoln’s Special Forces, spoke his final words. . By his cunning he tried to lead the Confederates down the wrong path and away from where they were crucially needed. I happened to […]
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Biden butchers line from Lincoln’s inaugural address
President Biden trashed one of Abraham Lincoln’s most famous lines in a speech to the nation’s governors last weekend, saying he wanted to “get this word right.” The 81-year-old president read aloud from a notecard at Saturday’s Governor’s Ball dinner, which appeared to include a quote from President Lincoln’s inaugural address. “As I stand here […]
Presidential depression and Abraham Lincoln’s struggle with ‘melancholy’: What historians know
Although he is perhaps best known for his honesty, a lesser known fact about Abraham Lincoln is that 16th president The American struggled with severe depression throughout his life. Dr. Chris Tuell, a clinical psychologist and chemical and behavioral addiction expert at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, has studied Lincoln’s mental health struggles […]