A new bust of a young, clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln was unveiled at the East Peoria City Council meeting. Local artist Morgan Elser created the bust, depicting Lincoln before he grew his iconic ...

Edward A. Barnwell took a photograph of Abraham Lincoln in his Decatur photography studio at 24 N. Water St. on May 9, 1860, a day before the beardless Lincoln was nominated for the presidency.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

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When aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) chops into U.S. Central Command in the coming days, it will be the fifth carrier to ...

Experts say Juneteenth can provide generational healing for Black Americans by acknowledging trauma and celebrating resilience.

A deed from the Roxbury estate of actor Marilyn Monroe and playwright Arthur Miller is going up for auction at Wilton-based auction next month. The item is one of several items that is part of the ...

The United States Postal Service and federal offices across the country are closed today — Thursday, June 19 — in observance ...

Tucked away in Houston’s northern reaches sits a museum that gives new meaning to the phrase “deadly serious” – the National Museum of Funeral History. This isn’t your typical “let’s go see some ...

Housed in a stunning Victorian mansion that would make architecture buffs weak at the knees, this brewpub has become the stuff of local legend, particularly for their fish and chips that have ...

Behind the stately white Victorian façade of Obed & Isaac’s Microbrewery in Springfield lies a culinary secret that locals have been savoring for years – what might just be the finest fish and chips ...

In the heart of Springfield, Illinois, where Lincoln’s legacy looms large and state politics buzz in the background, there’s a Victorian mansion that’s been transformed into something magical – a ...