March 4, 1861 - Nebraska’s Capitol City’s name sake, Abraham Lincoln, gave his first inaugural address on March 4, 1861. In the speech, often called the “most important speech in American history,” as ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — A military ...

Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural took place in an atmosphere of crisis and foreboding, heightened by the armed troops that patrolled the streets and the Capitol grounds. South Carolina seceded from ...

May 2, 1944 - German prisoners of war were sent from Camp Atlanta to help farmers finish the previous year’s corn harvest in May, 1944. In O’Neill, the snow storm led some of the farmers in the area ...