In 1858, after winning the Republican nomination for the Senate against incumbent Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln gave a ...

Democracy was facing its toughest test 159 years ago and Abraham Lincoln's fine speech at Gettysburg was a turning point that saved it. It is impossible to read President Lincoln’s Gettysburg ...

I give thanks for freedom of speech: If we still know what it means ... President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the fourth Thursday in November to be a National Day of Thanksgiving.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is marking the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address by displaying its copy and offering free admission on Saturday.

Lincoln had previously expressed support for such power in his famous 1858 “House Divided” speech. Nevertheless, by the time of the convention, Lincoln was not widely known.