In 1858, after winning the Republican nomination for the Senate against incumbent Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln gave a ...

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Miniseries; PBS, Mon.-Wed., Feb. 19-21, 9 p.m. Production: A David Grubin Prods. film for "The American Experience," a production of WGBH Boston in ...

Mordecai Lincoln, Samuel Lincoln’s fourth son, became a distant uncle to President Abraham Lincoln, who was born in 1809 – 159 years after the house in Hingham was constructed. Samuel Lincoln ...

Slate: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided. Narrator: The Lincolns had long dreamed of this moment: at the end of a 12-day swing through northern cities lay the Executive Mansion.

“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.

So said Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, given 165 years. Many describe contemporary America in the same terms. We’re a house divided against itself and in danger of collapse.

The Petersen House is located directly across from Ford's Theatre, the Washington, D.C., playhouse where Lincoln was shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865.