Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed into law an act that provided for the transcontinental railroad. The Lincoln Locomotive was ...

Dorothy McClerren, 96, portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in her daughter’s home to share her talents with Heartland Hospice workers ...

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

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, ...

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

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

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

One is Lincoln, the other Booth, and the two struggle and hustle to survive in this play, which ends Saturday.

Ken Griffin bought an Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, for $13.7 million, and the Emancipation Proclamation ...

The Fourth of July is a federal holiday, meaning federal buildings and courts, state of Illinois offices and courts, the ...

Donald Trump may have crossed a new line but he isn’t the only potty-mouthed president, a tradition that dates all the way ...