One hundred and sixty-two years ago Nov. 19, Abraham Lincoln delivered his incomparable Gettysburg Address at the dedication ...

This action-packed Western series follows the Transcontinental Railroad and the cast of complex characters who built it.

Joey McLeish understood the remarks made by outsiders when asked why he was going to “that school.” He was a highly touted ...

Steven Spielberg is one of the movie industry's best filmmakers, and here is a look at his best movie from every decade of ...

A recently filed bill would require portraits of former presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to be displayed in ...

Lincoln, Illinois stands as a delightful anomaly in today’s fast-paced world – a place where handshakes still mean something, where storefront windows display actual merchandise instead of “for lease” ...

An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an ...

As we look toward our country’s 250th birthday, there is no better time to return to our roots,” the legislation states.

The first lady refused to see all but a select group of visitors and feuded with officials from Springfield, Illinois, over the president’s burial site.

In the span of 16 years in the back half of the 19th century, Americans watched as two of their presidents were struck down ...

A few doors down is Polish deli Gene's Sausage Shop, plying smoked sausages crafted from family recipes and other specialties ...

Eight decades ago, a presidential commission guided by Jefferson’s great-great-grandson selectively edited the Founding Father’s words to present him as an abolitionist without mentioning he had ...