For all his modesty and wartime preoccupation, the 16th president was one of the most photographed men of his time, with a ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who established the national holiday. During his time in office, Lincoln issued a ...

The colored inhabitants of Norfolk and vicinity celebrated to-day as the first annual anniversary of their freedom, as given them under the President's Emancipation Proclamation. Four regiments of ...

Many presidents ignored Hale's letters, but President Lincoln did not. His October 3rd, 1863 Thanksgiving proclamation read, "In the midst of a civil war of unequal magnitude and severity ...