Did you know that the carriage from The Wizard of Oz was once owned by Abraham Lincoln? It was a gift during the Civil War and sold to MGM. It has appeared in over 200 movies!

This narrative explores the Battle of Gettysburg as one of history’s defining turning points, tracing the conflict from the strategic movements that preceded it to the brutal, chaotic fighting across ...

Much more than four score and seven years ago, Lincoln spoke to a crowd of listeners, reminding them of the importance of ...

Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...

Some listeners were startled; a newspaper reporter later wrote that Lincoln’s speech “passed unnoticed by many”; another ...

Festival of Trees Co-Chair Jana Goodwin puts raffle signs on wreaths Friday at the David S. Palmer Arena in Danville, in ...

The bird cemented its position as the favored Christmas dish in England in the mid-19th century. One reason for this was that ...

Two months after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a government-backed campaign has led to firings, suspensions, investigations ...

When Cheyenne teacher Eric Crock told his students he'd have their back for life, he meant it. Decades later, students say ...

BENJAMIN THOMAS, the author of the best single-volume biography of Lincoln, reminds us that following the election of President Zachary Taylor in 1848, ...

On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, dedicating a new cemetery on the site of the bloody Civil War battlefield.

"So when people talk about recreating battles, that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is to have lived it." ...