On this day in 1896, William Jennings Bryan of Lincoln, Nebraska, delivered his famous “Cross of Gold” speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Bryan argued that allowing the free ...

The distance between Lincoln’s speech and Monday’s inauguration felt further than the length of the Mall. It even felt further, somehow, than 160 years. Comments. Popular opinions articles.

In a now-viral TikTok, 8-year-old Lincoln gave a wedding speech that brought his mom, stepdad and all of their guests to tears. The bride tells PEOPLE she had no idea what her son planned to say ...

But his speeches resonate because his ideas and values were timeless. In today’s divided times, we would do well to take to heart Lincoln’s words, phrases and, especially, his ideas.

Randy Duncan, an Abraham Lincoln actor, addresses the crowd during the celebration and dedication to the Lincoln's Lost Speech Mural on Thursday, May 29, 2025, in downtown Bloomington.

And a year after this pretended speech, from which the Albany Atlas and the New-York Tribune profess to quote, -- in a speech made at Columbus, Ohio, in September, 1859, Mr. LINCOLN referred to a ...

Thousands of people fled the National Speech and Debate Tournament in Des Moines on Thursday after an intruder carrying a backpack walked on stage during the competition.

This digital rendering shows what would be a proposed mural to commemorate Lincoln’s “Lost Speech” on May 29, 1856. The mural is planned for the wall of the building that houses Rosie’s ...

Lincoln was adaptable enough that he could have mastered modern modes of political speech—today's sound-bite culture—had he lived in this era. He had a talent for getting to the point. Lincoln ...

Lincoln had previously expressed support for such power in his famous 1858 “House Divided” speech. Nevertheless, by the time of the convention, Lincoln was not widely known.

Capt. Dan Keeler invites his Sherman Oaks Notre Dame football coaches and English teacher to be recognized at changeover of command.

A recent Lincoln East graduate was among thousands of people who fled the National Speech and Debate Tournament in Des Moines after an intruder carrying a backpack walked on stage.