Lincoln: 1864

On this episode of Our American Stories, around the world, access to clean water is something many take for granted, but for Manny Singh, it was a problem he experienced firsthand growing up in India, where water shortages were a daily reality.Now, as president of Koch Membrane S ...  Show more

On this episode of Our American Stories, Amy Palmiero-Winters is one of the most accomplished athletes in adaptive sports. She holds 13 world records for distance running, completing marathons and endurance races using a prosthetic leg.Her journey into competitive running began a ...  Show more

On April 14th, 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in Ford's theatre, escaping shortly thereafter and going on the run. The Federal troops in pursuit of the assassin had orders to bring Booth and any of his conspirators back alive. For most of the soldi ...  Show more

Did Abraham Lincoln preserve democracy during the Civil War, or did he endanger it in the process? To explore this paradox, we’re joined by renowned historian and Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo, author of Our Ancient Faith. Guelzo takes us deep into the high-stakes decisions of Lin ...  Show more

After passing the 13th amendment, in the closing weeks of the brutal American Civil War, what did president Abraham Lincoln - recently re-elected - do next to inflame his detractors? Crippled with guilt for the death and destruction of the war, was he indeed a unionist tyrant? Wh ...  Show more

[SPONSORISÉ] Le 9 avril 1865, la bataille d'Appomattox en Virginie met fin à la guerre de Sécession. C’est l’élection d’Abraham Lincoln à la présidence des États-Unis, qui a mis le feu aux poudres en 1861 et provoqué la Sécession de dix états du Sud dits confédérés. Lincoln est c ...  Show more