Abraham Lincoln
One of the last known photo of Abraham Lincoln, taken on Sunday, February 5, 1865, by Alexander Gardner, an assistant to Matthew Brady. The glass negative from which this print was made is cracked.(UPI Photo/National Portrait Gallery/Files)
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WAUKEGAN, Ill., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- An Illinois attorney said a family legend led to the discovery of the phrase "Thank God we have a government" inside of President Abraham Lincoln's watch.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Mint says it has issued the fourth 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial One-Cent Coin in honor of Abraham Lincoln, the nation's 16th president.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor-director Robert Redford has cast Tom Wilkinson, Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Kline and Alexis Bledel in his film "The Conspirator."
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Steven Spielberg says he isn't upset Robert Redford's Abraham Lincoln film will be released before his own movie about the 16th president of the United States.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Robert Redford has signed on to direct "The Conspirator," a big-screen drama about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, The Hollywood Reporter said.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A butter sculpture of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is part of this year's 2009 Illinois State Fair Butter Cow display, a sculptor says.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Hundreds of people calmly but eagerly lined up at Illinois' Old State Capitol Plaza in Springfield Thursday to get their hands on the new Lincoln penny.
WEST ALLIS, Wis., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Organizers of the Wisconsin State Fair said memorabilia from the event's history, including an 1859 visit by Abraham Lincoln, is on display at the fair.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The Lincoln penny, featuring a portrait of the late U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, marked 100 years of circulation Sunday, mint records show.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 5 (UPI) -- A larger-than-life statue of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled in Louisville, Ky. Thursday night to mark the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth in February of 1809.
