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Americans must unite like Ukrainians

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Workers recover a box believed to be the 1887 time capsule that was put under Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's statue pedestal in Richmond, Va., Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. Crews wrapping up the removal Monday of the giant pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Lee found what appeared to be a second and long-sought-after time capsule, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said. (Eva Russo/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Experts open time capsule found at Gen. Lee statue site

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

This Sunday, June 7, 2020 file photo shows visitors, left, and members of the U.S. Park Police, right, at the Lincoln Memorial as sunrise nears in Washington, the morning after massive protests over the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

‘Reprehensible’ Lincoln’s statue should be removed too, suggested Missouri Republican lawmaker

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

COVID-19 Lockdown Take Two Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Freedom in the time of COVID-19 madness

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Abraham Lincoln

The woke mob comes for Lincoln

By Robert L. Wilkie

Abraham Lincoln High School is seen in San Francisco, on Jan. 27, 2021. The embattled San Francisco school board is poised to reverse a decision to rename 44 schools in an effort to avoid costly litigation and tone down national criticism. In a Tuesday, April 6, 2021, meeting, the board will vote on a resolution to rescind a controversial January decision to rename schools and revisit the matter after all students have returned full-time to in-person learning. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

San Francisco school board suspends plan to rename schools

By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press

Tire tracks in the snow arc around a paved lot around 3915 SW Adams, Jan. 28, 2021, in Peora, Iall. The area is believed to be the final resting place of 48 Civil War veterans among others, including Nance Legins-Costley of Illinois, the first slave legally freed by Abraham Lincoln. The area was once known as Moffatt Cemetery. (Matt Dayhoff/Journal Star via AP)

First slave freed by Lincoln buried under Peoria pavement

By PHIL LUCIANO - Associated Press

Actor Hal Holbrook appears during an interview in his New York apartment on Feb. 8, 1973. Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, California, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press Tuesday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Jerry Mosey, File)

Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Mark Twain, dies at 95

By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

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Gettysburg Address to be on display at Lincoln museum

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden harnesses history to describe urgency of 2020 campaign

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press

This image released by Discovery shows Dr. Stanley Burns, left, and Dr. Whitny Braun looking over a photo of what some believe is Abraham Lincoln, captured hours after his death on April 15, 1865, in a scene from the documentary “The Lost Lincoln.” After looking into it for two years, Braun said she's 99 percent convinced the photo is genuine. The documentary airs on Sunday. (Unrealistic Ideas/Discovery via AP)

Documentary tries to prove existence of dead Lincoln photo

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 22, 2020 file photo, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker answers questions from the media, from his office at the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, Ill., in front of a painting painting depicting a political debate in Charleston, Ill., on Sept. 18, 1858 between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, Pool File)/The State Journal-Register via AP)

Douglas statue comes down, but Lincoln had racist views, too

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 22, 2020 file photo, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker answers questions from the media, from his office at the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, Ill., in front of a painting painting depicting a political debate in Charleston, Ill., on Sept. 18, 1858 between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, Pool File)/The State Journal-Register via AP)

Allen Guelzo, Princeton scholar, Lincoln should be remove if Illinois pulls Douglas statue

By John O'Connor - Associated Press

This July 2020 photo released by RR Auction shows a lock of hair from former President Abraham Lincoln, to be auctioned Sept. 12, 2020, by the Boston-based auction firm. The lock of hair was removed during Lincoln's postmortem examination in April 1865 after he was fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington. (Nikki Brickett/RR Auction via AP)

Lock of Lincoln’s hair and bloodied telegram up for auction

By WILLIAM J. KOLE - Associated Press

Illustration on the rejection of the American Founding by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

How Abraham Lincoln’s wisdom forged a response to cancel culture’s assault on America

By David Marion

Indiana’s Lincoln Amphitheatre moves 2020 shows to next year

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How Abraham Lincoln made the tough decisions to end a bloody civil war

By Thomas C. Stewart

Lincoln neighbor who later ran Sears remembered in lecture

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