Feb. 16—Before he was elected president, Abraham Lincoln visited the Montgomery County Courthouse in 1859. Lincoln, who had lost a bid for the U.S. Senate the year before to Stephen A. Douglas, ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — After 167 years, President Abraham Lincoln has returned to the park where he gave his only public speech in the state of Michigan. Unveiled at the same time, 2 p.m., place, Bronson ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — On a special day at Bronson Park, city officials unveiled a statue of Abraham Lincoln. Due to history, unveiling the statue on Sunday now has more meaning. On Aug. 27, 1856, Abraham ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Sam Waterston read Lincoln's First Inaugural Speech. Historian Susan Schulten discussed how this speech was received in the country and how Lincoln ...

In August, history professor Michael Birkner gave a short speech in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, near where President ...

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” So said Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, given 165 years ago. Many describe contemporary America in the same terms. We’re a house divided ...

What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago, on Thursday May 29, 1856, ignited Abraham Lincoln’s march to the presidency, and eventually led to the Civil War-era 13th, 14th and 15 amendments, which ...

President Abraham Lincoln was asked to speak at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg. On that day, Nov. 19, 1863, Lincoln gave a 2-minute, 272-word speech that The Patriot ...

Scott Heckel, a now-retired Repository staff photographer, took this photo in 2020 of the small monument erected in Alliance to honor the short visit to the city by Abraham Lincoln on his way by train ...