GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHSV) - Just over 160 years ago on Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address. Much more than four score and seven years ago, Lincoln spoke to a ...

When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before or since. The Civil War had killed over 600,000 Americans, North and South.

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” So said Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, given 165 years ago. Many describe contemporary America in the same terms. We’re a house divided ...

Barack Obama, who will be sworn in as the nation's 44th -- and first African-American -- president Tuesday. And the obsession is certainly not lost on the president-elect. On January 10, he and his ...

What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago, on Thursday May 29, 1856, ignited Abraham Lincoln’s march to the presidency, and eventually led to the Civil War-era 13th, 14th and 15 amendments, which ...

Abraham Lincoln, America's 16th President, guided the nation through its most challenging period, the Civil War. He ...

pt. 1. Political oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War -- pt. 2. Political oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton v. 1. Political oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War -- Argument ...