...independence. 1809 The territory of Illinois was created. 1865 President Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens held a peace conference aboard a ship off the Virginia coast. 1916 Canada's original parliament buildings...

...votes. 1861, the provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis president and Alexander H. Stephens vice president. 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau was established. 1942, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff...

...of political correctness." I see letters from would-be know-it-alls who quote an isolated portion of an Alexander H. Stephens' speech in order to condemn the South as to its position on slavery. Yet, if the U.S. Supreme Court's...

...living history projects ran around in 19th century-style clothes and proclaimed himself the long-deceased Gov. Alexander H. Stephens. A Lakota Sioux wearing a Cavalryman's coat, a bone breastplate and a breechcloth with leggings argued for...

...curator of the Augusta Museum of History, notes a tract once owned by the vice president of the Confederacy: Alexander H. Stephens. "There's his 30 feet of property along the right of way," he said, pausing briefly before moving on to...

...also filled with portraits and busts of the state's past leaders, including Jimmy Carter, Eugene Talmadge and Alexander H. Stephens. The most recent addition to the Capitol is a portrait of former Gov. Roy Barnes, prominently featuring the...

...8 a.m. until noon this Saturday. Call Herb at 738-3738 for details on the event for 16-and-unders. Alexander H. Stephens State Park's Lake Liberty is the site for another 16-and-under (adult supervision required) on Saturday...

...whom he married, and they had three children together.He was also close friends with another area attorney, Alexander H. Stephens, who would later become vice president of the Confederate States of America.Toombs excelled as a lawyer, and...

...Thanksgiving, Ty saved the life of one of his neighbors, the Bryans said. At a home-school family picnic at Alexander H. Stephens Park in Crawfordville, young Will Bryan, now 8, was playing in a gorge. He tripped and fell, landing on a...

...opening shot of the Civil War at Fort Sumter. It's located in a 1917 wood-frame home at the entrance to the Alexander H. Stephens State Historical Park and adjacent to his historic home, Liberty Hall. Stephens was vice president of the Confederacy...