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Posts tagged Abraham Lincoln
'Unity is the path forward': Biden
‘We will get through this together — together!’ President insists in inaugural address
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Ted Cox January 20, 2021 Joe Biden , Jill Biden , Abraham Lincoln , Donald Trump , Langston Hughes , Pandemic Economy , Coronavirus Pandemic , COVID-19 , Lady Gaga , Jennifer Lopez , Garth Brooks
Juneteenth is busting out all over
Chicago skirts holiday issue as competing bills mandating state celebration remain sidetracked in General Assembly
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Ted Cox June 18, 2020 Juneteenth , Juneteenth Holiday , Abraham Lincoln , Emancipation Proclamation , U.S. Civil War , 13th Amendment , U.S. Constitution , Gordon Granger , Juneteenth National Registry , George Floyd , Leslie Hairston , Lori Lightfoot , J.B. Pritzker , La Shawn Ford , Thaddeus Jones , Illinois Department of Human Services , Juliana Stratton , Taylor Bennett , Chance the Rapper , Maudlyne Ihejirika , Marishonta Wilkerson
New one-day high for COVID-19 deaths
Pritzker, Ezike stress ‘invisible enemy,’ lay out regions, phases, requirements to ‘Restore Illinois’
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Ted Cox May 5, 2020 Coronavirus Testing , Coronavirus , Coronavirus Stimulus , Illinois Coronavirus , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Testing , Illinois COVID-19 Toll , Illinois COVID-19 , J.B. Pritzker , Ngozi Ezike , Restore Illinois , Bill Brady , Lollapalooza , Donald Trump , Abraham Lincoln
Pritzker appoints LaHood to head Lincoln Library
Former Republican congressman chosen to smooth over turmoil
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Ted Cox September 26, 2019 J.B. Pritzker , Ray LaHood , Bruce Rauner , Abraham Lincoln , Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library , Darin LaHood , John McCain , Sarah Palin , Barack Obama , Alan Lowe , George W. Bush , Franklin D. Roosevelt , Ronald Reagan , Joan Brodsky , Gary Johnson , Eunice Santos , Kathryn Harris , John Symon , Blair Kamin , Steve Neal
Pritzker, Pelosi put emphasis on values
U.S. House speaker commits to working ‘for the people’ at annual Dems’ rally
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Ted Cox August 14, 2019 Donald Trump , Nancy Pelosi , J.B. Pritzker , Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Association , Abraham Lincoln , Mitch McConnell , Tammy Duckworth , Dick Durbin , Kristina Zahorik , 2020 Presidential Election
Pritzker proclaims Juneteenth in Illinois
Michelle Duster, Myiti Sengstacke-Rice, Haki Madhubuti honored in ceremony at Thompson Center
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Ted Cox June 19, 2019 J.B. Pritzker , Donald Trump , Michelle Duster , Myiti Sengstacke-Rice , Haki Madhubuti , Illinois Human Rights Council , Ida B. Wells , Juneteenth , Gordon Granger , Abraham Lincoln , Emancipation Proclamation , Slavery , Slavery Reparations , Ta-Nehisi Coates , Lin-Manuel Miranda , Hamilton
Things We Read: 'Black Hawk: An Autobiography'
Sauk tribal leader rivals Abe Lincoln as the state’s most tragic figure
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Ted Cox December 26, 2018 Black Hawk , Sauk , Abe Lincoln , Black Hawk: An Autobiography , University of Illinois Press , Donald Jackson , Andrew Jackson , Black Hawk State Historic Site , George Davenport , Keokuk , Abraham Lincoln
Happy birthday, Illinois! New celebration video!
Rauner, Pritzker join in marking state’s bicentennial with downsized event at Chicago’s Navy Pier
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Ted Cox December 3, 2018 Bruce Rauner , J.B. Pritzker , Abraham Lincoln , Kevin Cronin , Buddy Guy , Miguel Cervantes , Lin-Manuel Miranda , Alexander Hamilton , Rich Miller , Capitol Fax , REO Speedwagon , Bill Kurtis , Jim Cornelison , George Wendt , Robert Smigel , Da Superfans , Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Pritzker to join Rauner for bicentennial gala
Venue shifts to Navy Pier for Dec. 3 celebration due to weak ticket sales at United Center
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Ted Cox November 12, 2018 J.B. Pritzker , Bruce Rauner , Stuart Layne , Miguel Cervantes , Abraham Lincoln , Bill Kurtis , Joe Mantegna , Jackie Joyner Kersee , Buddy Guy , REO Speedwagon
This vote is easy
In bicentennial election on greatest Illinois leader, debate starts after Lincoln
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Ted Cox November 1, 2018 Abraham Lincoln , REO Speedwagon , Miles Davis , Benny Goodman , Alison Krauss , Lydia Moss Bradley , Betty Friedan , Jane Addams , Michelle Obama , Ida B. Wells , Mother Jones , Hillary Clinton , Oprah Winfrey , Barack Obama , Black Hawk , Keokuk , Harold Washington , Ulysses Grant , Ronald Reagan , Stephen Douglas , Everett Dirksen , Adlai Stevenson II , William Jennings Bryan , Richard J. Daley , Jesse Jackson
'Gettysburg Address Rap' set for bicentennial
Program for 200th birthday in December includes Chicago’s ‘Hamilton’ Miguel Cervantes, Joe Mantegna, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Buddy Guy, and — if you can believe it — REO Speedwagon
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Ted Cox October 4, 2018 Hamilton , Alexander Hamilton , Abraham Lincoln , Tim Kazurinsky , Illinois Bicentennial , Gettysburg Address , Bill Kurtis , Joe Mantegna , Jackie Joyner Kersee , Chicago Cubs , White Sox , Chicago Bears , Chicago Blackhawks , Chicago Bulls , Rockford Peaches , Alison Krauss , Nat King Cole , Cheap Trick , Miles Davis , Benny Goodman , Buddy Guy , Sam Cooke , Muddy Waters , Kevin Cronin , REO Speedwagon , Styx , Stuart Layne
Obama rips GOP, rouses voters
In speech at UIUC, former president dismisses Trump as 'a symptom, not the cause'
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The right side of history: Galesburg
Site of pivotal Lincoln-Douglas debate was also a key stop on the Underground Railroad
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Ted Cox August 31, 2018 Abraham Lincoln , Stephen Douglas , Lincoln-Douglas Debates , Slavery , Civil War , Underground Railroad , Knox College , Galesburg , Owen Muelder , S.S. McClure , Edgar Lee Masters , Eugene Field , Don Marquis , George Herriman , Krazy Kat , Owen Lovejoy , Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy , Spoon River Anthology , Carl Sandburg , Lombard College
