Tag: Lincoln

Fire breaks out near Lincoln Memorial

A kiosk near the Lincoln Memorial burst into flames Thursday, injuring one. D.C. Fire and health authorities responded to the fire in front of the District of Columbia landmark at around 7 a.m. Authorities said one person was flown via helicopter to a nearby trauma center with non-life-threatening injuries. Photos of the fire appeared on […]

The Biden Family’s Connection to Abraham Lincoln

President Joe Biden’s great-great-grandfather received a pardon from President Abraham Lincoln in 1864, according to The Washington Post. Biden’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Moses Johnson Robinette, was convicted of stabbing a fellow Union Army employee, the Post reported. Robinette allegedly stabbed John J. Alexander, a civilian brigade wagon master, after he was confronted for allegedly making an inappropriate […]