Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...

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

The Bicentennial Speaker Series co-sponsored by the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County and John Wood Community College continues with a Wednesday, July 9 presentation.

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

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

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 ...

Billionaire Art Collector Ken Griffin Buys Lincoln's Handwritten Copy of 13th Amendment for $13.7 M. Billionaire Kenneth C.

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

In a time of tense partisan clashes, Capitol Hill has a trusted leader in Jane L. Campbell, president and CEO of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Campbell’s focus is far from skirmishes but rather ...

Juneteenth came and went earlier this month, but curiously something seemed to be missing from the annual celebration: a ...

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

Regional animosities have existed in Illinois since before it was admitted to the Union in 1818 as the 21st state, and only grew stronger with Chicago’s rise as an economic powerhouse in the late 19th ...