This coming Monday we celebrate Presidents’ Day, which honors the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, both born in February. On Presidents’ Day we reflect on the lives ...

Franklin Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, and Frank Lautenberg hold the record for the most appearances on a New Jersey general ...

This arrangement changed with the introduction of the Income Tax in 1913. Now, there was an alternative to using tariffs to raise revenue. The Revenue Act of 1913, which introduced the first peacetime ...

By the late 1840s, grounds for divorce in the state ... Stacy Pratt McDermott from the Papers of Abraham Lincoln project described 19th century Illinois divorce law as less patriarchal than ...

The Danville that Abraham Lincoln knew is gone. With very few exceptions, all of the houses, churches, shops, schools and storefronts have been torn down and hauled off.

Historians consistently rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest U.S. president. Without his leadership and political brilliance, ...

"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 ...

For instance, Abraham Lincoln learned from a man, Edwin Stanton, who treated him poorly; that's harder to imagine today, ...

Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The name Presidents Day became the unofficial name with the changing the date of the holiday, according to the National Archives. With the holiday moved to the ...

Donald Trump is the 47th president of the United States, but only 45 have served in the office. Trump is the second president to serve in non-consecutive terms. Grover Cleveland was first when he was ...

The Pontiac Public Library is hosting the month-long exhibition with special events scheduled for Feb. 11 and 22.

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...