President Abraham Lincoln, with young son Tad and Senator Charles Sumner, salutes a detachment of African-American Union troops in Richmond, Virginia at the end of the American Civil War. Published in ...

Reservations are being taken at 217-235-5661 for the Coles County Historical Society’s July 21 Founder’s Day Dinner, which will feature a presentation on Mary Todd Lincoln.

Summertime used to be fun — relaxing even. Kids were out of school, driving the adults crazy, while the adults were giving it ...

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

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

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

This month marks the 250th anniversary – the semiquincentennial – of a document enacted almost exactly a year before the ...

EW picks the 30 films that define the United States of America, from classics like 'Patton' to newer favorites like 'Hamilton ...

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

Leesburg residents voted 400-22 to ratify Virginia’s Ordinance of Secession. A mere five miles northwest, however, the town ...

To celebrate the Fourth of July, the Village Voice takes a look at Frederick Douglass's powerful 1852 anti-slavery oration.