Historian Allen Guelzo will speak at Lincoln’s 217th birthday banquet Feb. 12 in Springfield. A free symposium follows on Feb ...

In recent stories and his new novel, George Saunders’s writing has begun feel frustrated, spiritually and artistically.

Peekskill's annual Lincoln Day celebrates the whistlestop speech President Abraham Lincoln gave in the city 165 years ago.

The American Civil War didn’t start suddenly in 1861—it was the result of decades of tension slowly tearing the country apart. As the U.S. expanded westward, every new territory reignited the ...

A celebration of Black history will be held Thursday evening. The Cole County America250 Committee will host a Black History Month event at 6 p.m. Thursday at Pawley Theatre in Martin Luther King Jr.

"What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun," King Solomon famously observed in the Koheleth (Book of Ecclesiastes). Truer words ...

These cartoons about history are great for parents to watch with their kids to explore history in a factual, fun, and ...

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 ...

When officials lie time and again, people don’t know what to trust. And when this happens, citizens cannot deliberate, ...

Constitutional scholar and Yale Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar is on a professional crusade to encourage Americans to understand the U.S. Constitution. He is writing a three-volume narrative ...

William Sanders Scarborough was an African-American ex-slave who authored a Greek textbook. His First Lessons in Greek ...