Historian Allen Guelzo will speak at Lincoln’s 217th birthday banquet Feb. 12 in Springfield. A free symposium follows on Feb ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday with two days of free admission.

Lincoln Land Community College is hosting several events to honor Abraham Lincoln's birthday in February.

A Lee County judge will visit St. Anne Catholic School in Dixon on Feb. 12 as part of a statewide program aimed at boosting early literacy. Lee County Circuit Judge Jacquelyn D. Ackert is among many ...

Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield offers free admission, kids' activities, and showcases a signed Emancipation ...

Black History Month is observed in February annually, a choice influenced by the birthdays of prominant black indivuduals ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an extra state holiday in 2026 during a news conference in Vero Beach on Jan. 30.

Exactly 100 years ago this February, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a historian, author, journalist and educator, launched Negro ...

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he plans to close The Kennedy Center for two years beginning in July.

Peekskill's annual Lincoln Day celebrates the whistlestop speech President Abraham Lincoln gave in the city 165 years ago.

Escape that winter cabin fever with free events at the Rock Island Public Library. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, the library hosts the ...

Black History Month was made an official holiday by President Gerald Ford in 1976. Find out who started it, why it is ...