Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. February 23 rd marks one of the oddest anniversaries in American history, as President-elect Abraham Lincoln was smuggled in ...

A handwritten letter of reference penned by President Abraham Lincoln in 1861 just two weeks into his first term is now on public display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The ...

Standing on the platform of the rear passenger car on Feb. 11, 1861, the day before his 52nd birthday, Lincoln could see before him a crowd of 1,000 people. Raising his hands for silence, he told them ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With an eye toward America's 250th birthday in 2026, Bristol will dedicate the spot where Abraham Lincoln delivered brief remarks ...

On this day in 1861, one year to the day after the then-fledgling Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln of Illinois as its presidential candidate, a newspaper account berated first lady Mary Todd ...

Abraham Lincoln and New York City will always be linked by Lincoln’s legendary speech at Cooper Union in 1860 (which we will cover on February 27), but on February 19, 1861, Lincoln set foot in New ...

On this day in 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived unexpectedly at the Willard Hotel. Located one block from the Executive Mansion, the hotel had served as a center of political life since ...

In 1861, a pro-Southern mob wanted to block the tallying of electoral votes for Lincoln. So did some congressmen. By Ted Widmer Dr. Widmer, who worked as a speechwriter in the Clinton White House, has ...

I start my journey, as Lincoln did, at the Great Western Depot at 930 W. Monroe St. It’s a two-story, red-brick structure with a low-slung roof that gives it a squat appearance. Every generation, it ...