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The State Grange was formed in 1873 as industrialization was reshaping the largely rural United States. Today the Grange combines tradition with a desire to remain relevant.

The two books that Abraham Lincoln read often and loved the most throughout his life were the King James Bible, published in 1611, and William

Abraham Lincolns father, Thomas Lincoln, was an ensign in the Kentucky state militia. According to Abraham Lincolns public accounts, his father, Thomas Lincoln, came off as a shiftless, jobless wanderer who could barely scratch out his name, said Springfield historian and author Wayne C. Temple. Like a lot of politicians, Temple said, Lincoln wanted to show how he had risen above childhood disadvantages to the highest office in the land, but he did so at the expense of his father. Thomas Linc...