For all his modesty and wartime preoccupation, the 16th president was one of the most photographed men of his time, with a ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

On November 19, 1863, near the site of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln offered a short but seminal vision of the past and promise of the United States in ...

Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

Newtown Historical Society will celebrate Presidents Day with a talk about the much loved Abraham Lincoln. “Abraham Lincoln, ...

Massachusetts is home to the oldest drum company in the United States and one of the oldest in the world. Noble and Cooley in Granville, Mass., has been making drums since 1854, catering to some ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his ... It was an address for the ages. The speech was short — just over 700 words. Lincoln, who was 56, spoke slowly. Even so, the address ...

Historians consistently rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest U.S. president. Without his leadership and political brilliance, ...

National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in May 2022. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) I decided, the other evening, to walk to the ...