Every July Fourth brings fireworks, picnics, parades and happy celebrations of American freedom. But behind the festivities ...

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

Thomas Jefferson, steeped in Enlightenment philosophy, wrote that we have the unalienable rights to life, liberty and the ...

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

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

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

Abraham Lincoln is well-known for his extraordinary political career. Elected twice by the American public, Lincoln's ...

Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were ...

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, ...

Although we live in a suburban area, we are lucky to have plenty of farms nearby where we can purchase fresh corn. But, when ...

Among the Lincoln Brigade members were 90 Black soldiers. Back home they’d faced a revitalized Ku Klux Klan, dehumanizing Jim Crow laws, and the harshest impact of the Great Depression.

Here’s a look at the life of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Personal Birth date: July 6, 1946 Birth place: New Haven, Connecticut Birth name: George Walker Bush Father: ...