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In September 1848, then-Congressman Abraham Lincoln visited New Bedford while on a campaign tour of Massachusetts for fellow Whig Zachary Taylor.

Boston photographer William Mumler became infamous in the Spiritualist era for taking 'spirit photographs' of the deceased, including Abraham Lincoln.

As we celebrate Independence Day, reflect on your childhood and the lessons you were taught. Are you teaching your children what it means to be an American?

Two holidays celebrating freedom are braided together.

Perfectly imperfect.

Banned in Boston.

Removing the Emancipation Memorial is among the most ignorant and moronic decisions ever made in Boston.

While issues of race dominate headlines, the divide in America has little to do with that and a lot to do with the direction our country should follow.

Is this an anti-Black image?

Ken Pittman examines why removing history we don't like is hardly ever the right answer.