Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday we observe this week, is maybe the most honored American statesman, though you wouldn’t know it by listening to Marcus M. Pomeroy back in the days of the Civil War. To ...

Before The Texas Chainsaw Massacre... there was Ed.

His moral clarity, his extraordinary gifts with language, his decisive role in preserving the Union and what some consider his ultimate martyrdom combine to make of Lincoln a myth ...

Members of the XV International Brigade (aka the Abraham Lincoln Brigade) returning to the US on the French Liner Champlain, July 1938. The men of the brigade fought for the Spanish Republic in the ...

CHICAGO — Today is the birthday of Benjamin Harrison, the 23 rd U.S. president and the only president ever elected from the state of Indiana, which is not far from where I’m writing this morning.

Backwoods beginnings -- New Salem life -- Prairie politician and legislator -- Early Springfield years -- Law office, court, and circuit -- Lincoln's romance -- The lone Whig from Illinois -- The ...

In this lesson, students interrogate their own assumptions about Abraham Lincoln in order to arrive at a deeper understanding of who Lincoln was. They investigate primary source documents in order to ...