Abe Lincoln
| 5:00PM 7/08/2009
After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, his body was loaded onto a funeral train and taken on a 1,654 mile journey through the eastern U.S., passing through hundreds of towns where people came from all over to pay honor to him as he rolled past. After seeing the throng that descended on Los Angeles...
| 2:00PM 9/23/2008
The U.S. Mint is officially the P.T. Barnum of currency. It's addicted to showmanship. Yesterday, in a heartwarmingly goofy ceremony at Washington DC's Lincoln Memorial, an actor dressed as Abe unveiled its four new designs for the penny, all of which will be released in 2009 to commemorate the...