Oldstone-Moore links the decline of the beard to the rise of urbanism and corporatism. The cleanly shaved face became a ...

Abraham Lincoln’s wrestling career — though impressive ... Let’s shatter the myth of Lincoln as perpetually old, bearded, and soft-spoken once and for all. His prowess in both hand ...

Abraham Lincoln’s legacy survives in Kansas in strange ... descendants of the young girl who persuaded Lincoln to grow a beard. In adulthood, the girl moved to Kansas and married a banker.

bowing slightly to acknowledge the bearded stranger. Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln never spoke to one another in real life, except perhaps the briefest exchange of pleasantries. But on this ...

In the U.S., a beard was often seen as a symbol of the Abolitionist movement. John Brown sported one. So did John C. Frémont, the anti-slavery Republican who lost the 1856 presidential election.

Abraham Lincoln did not grow his beard until after he was elected in 1860, but it was in full bloom by the time he took the oath of office — more evidence, for Southerners, of the threat he ...

Abraham Lincoln did not grow his beard until after he was elected in 1860, but it was in full bloom by the time he took the oath of office — more evidence, for Southerners, of the threat he ...