A classically trained pianist and cellist with a master’s in French literature, she has headed the nonprofit museum in ...

Kansas Tourism, a division of the Kansas Department of Commerce, awarded the Kansas City Underground Railroad Museum of ...

The Freedmen's Town area of Fourth Ward is known for its iconic brick-paved streets, the Gregory School -- now the African ...

Workers have removed the 1885 painting “Peace in Union” from the wall of the Galena and U.S. Grant Museum for the first time in 88 years.

After President Abraham Lincoln’s death from an assassin’s bullet on April 15, 1865, his vice president, Andrew Johnson, succeeded him. At that time, the Civil War was ending, and the nation was ...

Descendants of three American Presidents will speak at a forum in Caldwell next month at a forum sponsored by the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association to celebrate Grover Cleveland ...

Applicants hoping to win a federal museum or library grant this year were told to consider how their projects align with Trump administration priorities, including an emphasis on offering “uplifting ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Grant Monument Association has hosted 5 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2020 Forum. Most appearances with Frank Scaturro (5), David H. Petraeus (5).

Illinoisans celebrate our 16th president and defender of the Union on Feb. 12, a state holiday. The rest of the nation remembers Lincoln, along with George Washington, on Presidents Day on Feb. 16. In ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ELGIN — The Elgin Museum and Historical Society is among five nonprofit recipients in Union County that received grant funding in ...