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

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

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

COMMENTARY By likening Trump's immigrant-demonization crusade to Lincoln's abolition of slavery, Miami U.S. Rep. María Elvira ...

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

John McCaa recalls a moment in his early career when he could not report on a political assassination in Spain. In our own ...

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

The nation's founding document has been celebrated by leaders across the centuries, and it can still guide us today.

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

This is the fifth in a series of articles about Marshalltown street names. Today’s article identifies the five city streets ...

A document beginning, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident,’ meaning obvious, kindles something new: The American spirit.

Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871) was born in Cumberland County but later made Lehigh County and Allentown his home. He served ...