National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in May 2022. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) I decided, the other evening, to walk to the ...

Ansary in “Dealmaker-In-Chief.” Abraham Lincoln chose for his cabinet very capable individuals who were his rivals for the Republican nomination to be president: William Seward, Salmon Chase ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...

In the new documentary Lover of Men: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln, a group of scholars argue that the 16th President of the United States had sexual relationships with multiple men during ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two new plays about her, she is finally getting better press. During last ...

The 16-millimeter film is believed to be the only known surviving copy of "The Heart of Lincoln," a silent movie about the life of President Abraham Lincoln and American life during the Civil War.

Excitement over discovering the very old movie soon led to the harsh reality that someone would actually have to watch it.

The shortest month of the year saw the birth of several well-known anime characters, heroes and villains alike.

I thought it would be a good time to find some impactful quotes from presidential inaugural ... to bind up the nation’s wounds.” -- Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865. “Much has been given ...

A swear-in rookie, and perhaps funny hats, will be indispensable ... but contemporary accounts mention no such ad-libbing. Abraham Lincoln was reported to have said it spontaneously in 1861 ...