In 1860, on the cusp of the Civil War ... strangest and ultimately most consequential campaign organizations in U.S. history: the Wide Awakes. Wide Awakes were something new in American politics: A ...

Our history is not all crises weathered and problems solved. It is also brass bands, and torchlight parades, and barrels of ...

Maria Carrillo Colato, special collections manager of the Lincoln Memorial Shrine in Redlands, stands next to a display of artifacts attributed to the Wide Awakes, an 1860 movement of young people ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Saturday, July 21, 1860 The visit of Judge DOUGLAS to ... The Republicans are wide awake. The party is safely united, and are awaiting the latter days of the campaign, after ...

This company has a uniform entirely different from that of any other Wide-Awake Company in the City. It consists of a light drab-colored cape and cap, each alternate man carrying a cresset ...

Alternative facts have always been with us, and they've always been used to cover up uncomfortable truths. Here's some ...

After his beloved grandfather passes away, a Catholic boy searches for proof of God's existence. His spiritual quest leads him to seek the opinions of friends, family members and teachers, who all ...

Brittany Capone had a brain tumor removed while she chatted with her doctors. New breakthroughs in awake surgery are opening up a world of possibilities for doctors. Here’s what it’s like for ...

Whether that will translate into the kind of pivotal youth support that followed the 1860 convention remains to be seen. If the Wide Awakes prove anything, it’s that a convention’s success is ...