The larger-than-life legacy of Abraham Lincoln lies, in part, in the smallest special-collections division of the University ...

You’re weighing the totality of consequences — the 750,000 deaths, the bitterness that metastasized into Jim Crow, the Confederacy's martyr mythos that still haunts us — against the possibility of a ...

A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

Citadel founder Ken Griffin paid $18.1 million for copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln.

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $12 million.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin added two of the most iconic artifacts in American history to his growing ...

Ever wondered about the origins of the Abraham Lincoln sculpture seated on a bench in downtown Bloomington? Here's a look ...

The hedge-fund billionaire also paid a record $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution four years ago.

1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

Nataliia Bohuta immigrated to the U.S. in April 2022 and lives in Lincoln. She said the war is still going on and is very present for her and other Ukrainians.

Unrestricted birthright citizenship — the characteristically New World notion that being born on a country’s soil is enough ...

The contours of this legacy are still contested, as they and so much else were at the time of their drafting. Yet, when Americans allow their disagreements to get too heated — or, worse, when they are ...