President Donald Trump suggested that he could have handled the Civil War better than then-President Abraham Lincoln in a meeting with reporters at The White House on Wednesday. “The Civil War, it ...

If I forget thee,” Abraham Lincoln thought, speaking not at this moment of God’s Law but of the doctrine of the Declaration ...

One of the quirks of the Bluegrass state is that it was the birthplace of the presidents of both the Union and the ...

The Department of Agriculture has announced that it will host the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall Aug. 3 ...

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

Excerpted from "A Just and Generous Nation: Abraham Lincoln and the Fight for American Opportunity" The United States has just concluded a five-year observance of the sesquicentennial of the Civil ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

On a sunny but crisp afternoon this spring, more visitors than you might think trekked on a weekday to Ball’s Bluff ...

In grade school, I lived in Springfield, Illinois. When family or friends visited, we would invariably take them to see ...

Discover the Lincoln Memorial's history, design, & significant role in American identity. Explore its power as a symbol of unity, freedom, & civil rights.

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