One of the enduring myths in American legend is Abraham Lincoln’s first love, a New Salem girl named Ann Rutledge. The subject remains hotly debated among Lincoln scholars today. The relationship – and its impact on Lincoln’s life – has been depicted as one of the great love stories of all time and made Ann […]
Tom Emery
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Remembering Sen. Vince Demuzio
Last month marked the 10th anniversary of the death of Vince Demuzio, the longtime state senator and a powerful political voice of downstate Illinois. His legacy lives on in a multitude of ways. Demuzio, D-Carlinville, was first elected to the Illinois Senate in 1974 and served until his death from colon cancer on April 27, […]
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White House Valentines
For more than 200 years, the White House has been a center of American politics. In some administrations, it is also a haven of romance. All but one president was a married man, and in three instances the chief executive was a groom during his term. The most famous example was Grover Cleveland, who married […]
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Abraham Lincoln, the father of Thanksgiving
The first Thanksgiving is often associated with the Pilgrims. More than two centuries later, President Abraham Lincoln was the first to make it official. This year marks 150 years since Lincoln’s designation of Thanksgiving as a national holiday. The official designation is the most lasting of the nine proclamations for a day of thanks issued […]
