President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in United States history, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on this day in history, Nov.

It’s another book on Abraham Lincoln, but this one, “His Greatest Speeches,” is for “a slow reader,” says its author, Diana Schaub, a professor at Loyola University, Maryland. In fact, she is the slow ...

A video livestream will be available on this page starting at 2 PM on Monday, December 20th. Please scroll down to view. On December 20, AEI’s Diana Schaub and Gary J. Schmitt discussed Dr. Schaub’s ...

Lincoln’s second inaugural address is one of the most consequential presidential speeches in U.S. history, both for its eloquence and its impact. At only 703 words, it was the third shortest inaugural ...

On June 16, 1858, more than 160 years ago, a little-known politician delivered a speech at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield after he accepted his party's nomination for U.S. senator. Abraham ...

A theatrical foray into President Abraham Lincoln's state of mind on the eve of delivering the Gettysburg Address will be featured at the Northwest Montana History Museum on Sunday, Feb. 25. Minnesota ...

BLOOMINGTON - On May 29, 1856, Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech in Bloomington that friends and observers called the finest of his career. "I have heard or read all of Mr. Lincoln's great speeches; ...

Students from D.C. public and public charter schools performed famous speeches and original work on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on May 18.

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 ...