Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

With all the tumult surrounding the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, there is once again an uptick in talk ...

Happy birthday Abraham Lincoln. He’s 216. The McLean County Museum of History is hallmarking Lincoln’s Feb. 12 birthday with the start of a coloring contest to celebrate Lincoln and work on a mural ...

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

Abraham Lincoln’s firm resolve during his last days demonstrated his enduring commitment to the common good', A CT historian writes.

“The golden age of America starts now,” President Trump thundered in his inaugural speech. His assuming of authority was an historic moment, one of magnitude few generations witness. The event was ...

"I have lost this battle because my force was too small. The Government must not & cannot hold me responsible for the result . . . . I have seen too many dead & wounded comrades to feel otherwise than ...

2007: U.S. Sen. Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency outside the Old State Capitol in Springfield, which was the site of Abraham Lincoln’s June 16, 1858, “House Divided” speech.

After the President suffers a stroke, White House staff members enlist Dave ... an Academy Award-winning performance as President Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s iconic 2012 political ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

It shouldn’t be a campaign speech; the time for campaigning ... Republican president who took office in a bitterly divided nation: Abraham Lincoln, whose first inauguration was six weeks before ...