Earth didn’t exactly shake when the New York Yankees announced that they would allow their players to wear beards. However, the change in the half-century-old policy ...

A retired major sporting a black beard acted as Abraham Lincoln and a retired lieutenant colonel dressed in full colonial garb represented George Washington. Both gave speeches honoring the ...

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 ...