President Abraham Lincoln offered a short but seminal vision of the past and promise of the United States in a speech known as the Gettysburg Address. The brief speech—just 272 words arranged ...

Abraham Lincoln is remembered today for many reasons ... Enjoy his birthday by reading his most famous — and concise — address. The Gettysburg Address Four score and seven years ago our ...

Abraham Lincoln’s firm resolve during his last days demonstrated his enduring commitment to the common good', A CT historian writes.

For many years, Donald Trump has been engaged in a posthumous, one-sided rivalry with Abraham ... Lincoln once again — in a way. While Lincoln’s 1863 speech commemorating the Battle of ...

Today is the 216th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. It’s a date in 1809 that he shares with another famous figure of the 19th century, Charles Darwin. But it was also ...

National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham ... Gettysburg Address on the southern wall and his second inaugural address on the northern one. Lincoln gave that latter ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham ... His Gettysburg Address (1863) and Second Inaugural Address (1865) are two of his most revered speeches. Lincoln's story is ...