After a long treatise on the illegality of secession, Lincoln closed with a single flourish. His plea to the “better angels ...

As an end-of-the-road farm boy growing up deep in southern Illinois, the Fourth of July was more of a shade tree holiday from the alfalfa field than a noisy celebration of national independence.

Abraham Lincoln spent his birthday in Cincinnati on Feb. 12, 1861, on his way from Springfield, Illinois, to the nation’s capital for his inauguration. The president-elect didn’t know what kind of ...

With an eye toward America’s 250 th birthday in 2026, Bristol will dedicate the spot where Abraham Lincoln delivered brief remarks to about 1,000 people on Feb. 21, 1861. The ceremony will begin at ...

BRUNSWICK, Maine — A Maine college is set to unveil a rare photograph of President Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration from 1861. The Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick acquired the photo at ...

As Joe Biden prepares for his inauguration on Jan. 20 as the nation’s 46th president, security measures will be ramped up in the wake of Wednesday’s storming of the U.S. Capitol. As many as 15,000 ...

If there is considerable anxiety about how divided the United States is following November's tumultuous election and with the reality of an assault on the U.S. Capitol on the minds of a nation against ...