In remarks at Independence Hall in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln shared the roots of his political philosophy while ...

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The nation's founding document has been celebrated by leaders across the centuries, and it can still guide us today.

A document beginning, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident,’ meaning obvious, kindles something new: the American spirit.

Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...

Items on Abraham Lincoln’s body the night he was assassinated, his earliest known handwriting and other extraordinary relics from his life are being auctioned this week in a sale that drew ...

Editor's Note, February 8, 2011: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Lincoln family farm was in New Salem, Ill. It is in Decatur, Ill.

Book excerpt: 'Enough is Enuf' By Gabe Henry Ol Men Are Created Ekwal In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the mail.

By JOHN O’CONNOR PETERSBURG, Ill. (AP) — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had ...

Abraham Lincoln lived in New Salem from 1831 to 1837 before moving to Springfield. New Salem was largely abandoned by 1840, but reconstructed in the 1930s. Nearly 360,000 people visited New Salem ...

How the intensifying religious visions of North and South erupted into civil war. In his second inaugural address, delivered as the Civil War neared its end, Abraham Lincoln turned not to politics ...