How Lincoln Turned Regional Holidays Into National Celebrations
The president used Thanksgiving and Christmas to reunite a divided country.
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Getty; The Atlantic Hauling Down the Confederate Flag
From Elmer Ellsworth to Bree Newsome, Americans have risked life and limb to remove a symbol of a cause they revile.
Currier & Ives / Library of Congress John Wilkes Booth and the Higher Law
Was Abraham Lincoln's assassin inspired by the militant abolitionist John Brown?
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