Hegseth has made plain that his goal is to enhance the unbridled “lethality” of American military forces without handcuffs ...

Lincoln made sure they had a home ... including a very special one that arrived in late 1863. Although Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday that year, a turkey was gifted to the Lincolns ...

If you've driven on East Middle Street in Hanover Borough, you've likely noticed the massive new mural underway on the side of a Hanover business. The mural, on the side of 501 East Middle Street ...

Lincoln was known for his general air of melancholy and bouts of severe depression, but the night after his November 19, 1863 address, he was plagued by something more. According to contemporary ...

When Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, it took just six years before the first American football game was played on the holiday. My question is, what took so long?

It was 145 years ago today, the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, began. Two mighty armies – the Army of the Potomac under Union Maj. Gen. George Meade and the Army of Northern Virginia ...

Abraham Lincoln is considered perhaps the most effective chief executive in the history of the United States. But one area ...

click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document. As early as 1849, Abraham Lincoln believed that slaves should be emancipated, advocating a program in which they would ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Journal of the Illinois State Historical... Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984) Vol. 9, No. 3, Oct., 1916 Lincoln and ...