The film recounts the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on his assassination at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865, ...

Author Ed Achorn will discuss his latest book, "The Lincoln Miracle," at 3 p.m. on April 6 at the Sudbury Grange.

Facing the crisis of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln drew on religious feeling to help galvanize the North—and to bolster his ...

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be the topic of the next — and next-to-last — Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Louis Masur, a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, will ...

Newsweek 's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region. As of March 14, the locations of 12 vessels were publicly available via military disclosures, as well as via ...

Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14 ...

On a February afternoon in 1864, Abraham Lincoln stood outside the White House, waiting impatiently for the presidential carriage he had summoned for a trip down Pennsylvania Avenue to Mathew ...

As President Donald Trump attempts to reshape American government in his own image, the question of whether our democracy can ...

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Presidents Day offers a valuable opportunity to revisit Abraham Lincoln’s leadership lessons ... a Cabinet reflective of widely diverse political, ideological and geographic perspectives.

Achorn's book details the intense political drama surrounding Abraham Lincoln’s Republican Party nomination for the 1860 presidential election. He was seen as an underdog, having lost previous ...