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In honor of its 163rd birthday, Union Pacific Railroad is unveiling a new commemorative locomotive in the hometown of its ...
A bronze hat that was part of a memorial to Abraham Lincoln in Louisville, Kentucky, was pried loose and taken over the weekend.
Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. At 6-foot-4, he would stand out even today, and he certainly towered over the men and women of his era. The top hat he habitually wore in public made him ...
President Abraham Lincoln’s top hat; Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Transfer from the War Department with permission from Mary Lincoln, 1867. At 6’4” tall, President Abraham ...
After the original was stolen in December of 2023, sculptor Ed Hamilton and a team installed a replacement bronze top hat at the bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln.
Illinois’ state historian says he can’t confirm whether a stovepipe hat that was once the crown jewel of Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln presidential museum actually belonged to the nation’s ...
Union Pacific, celebrating its 163rd birthday, brought its newest commemorative locomotive honoring founder President Abraham ...
A collection of valuable Lincoln artifacts, some of which were recently displayed in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's Treasury Gallery, is no longer in Springfield.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Abraham Lincoln Statue in Waterfront Park is looking a little different right now. That’s because over the weekend someone stole Lincoln’s hat. There was a top hat seated ...
A large bronze top hat is missing from a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Louisville, Kentucky’s Waterfront Park.
Does the hat that links us to his final hours define the president? Or does the president define the hat? Stephen L. Carter Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. At 6-foot-4, he would stand ...