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Abraham Lincoln is well-known for his extraordinary political career. Elected twice by the American public, Lincoln's ...
A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...
Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...
The record-breaking sale comes just a few years after he paid $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution.
Every single generation is convinced, it seems, that their revolution will work, and their moment is uniquely in need of ...
A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $12 million.
One is Lincoln, the other Booth, and the two struggle and hustle to survive in this play, which ends Saturday.
A 1912 Geneva city document suggests that Abraham Lincoln had visited the town and spoken outside a former courthouse. Geneva History Museum Executive Director Terry Emma said the document was ...
In Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film Blow-Up, a fashion photographer enlarges a series of pictures he’s taken and discovers he may have inadvertently witnessed a murder. His reconstruction of ...
“And, sure enough, when he was president, Abraham Lincoln issued passports to blacks in the Western territory of the U.S., in direct defiance, actually, of the Dred Scott case.” ...
Lincoln, Schwartz thinks, could have survived if he’d had access to present-day brain surgery techniques – although he would never have had the mental ability to deliver another Gettysburg speech.
Abraham Lincoln, JFK and Natasha Richardson all lost their lives due to shocking brain injuries, but this new book delves into whether they could have been saved.