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When Abraham Lincoln's State of the Union address was leaked ahead of its delivery to Congress, many suspected Mary Todd Lincoln as the source. (AP Photo)
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Like Trump, Abraham Lincoln also had a problem with leaks in his administration

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Statues are important symbols. They are visual reminders of significant people who shaped our shared past.
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As we debate Confederate statues, recall how Americans treated British statues during the Revolutionary War

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President Trump gave some love to former President Andrew Jackson by telling the Washington Examiner's Salena Zito:
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Now that Trump brought Andrew Jackson and the Civil War up, you should know this about Old Hickory

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In Lincoln's first year as president, seven southern states had left the Union; six more were teetering. And Confederate forces had guns pointed at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. (AP Photo, File)
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Trump’s first 100 days are no match for the worst first year in presidential history

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The first 100 days myth started during the remarkable whirlwind that was the start of President Franklin Roosevelt's presidency. (AP Photo)
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Give Trump a break: The fallacy of the first 100 days

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Eisenhower played center field on his high school team in Abilene, Kan. (Photo courtesy the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library)
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Opening Day: Remember that time Eisenhower had a secret baseball career?

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Meagher recruited what became one of the hardest-fighting units of the entire war named the
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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and read about this fascinating Irish-American

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Lulu Bell Parr was widely popular in her time as the
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International Women’s Day is the perfect day to remember this woman of the Wild West

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Roy Howard heard a rumor about the end of World War I and published it a few days before the actual armistice, causing a panic. (AP Photo)
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Today’s fake news is nothing new — it was much worse a century ago

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Abraham Lincoln II was obsessed with his grandfather's handwriting until it became identical. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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The grandson Abraham Lincoln never met

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