We Americans believe we so fully understand Abraham Lincoln’s contribution to our nation’s beliefs about slavery and freedom that his role in shaping our uniquely American vision of a just and ...

Facebook X Reddit Email President Donald Trump suggested that he could have handled the Civil War better than then-President Abraham Lincoln in a meeting with reporters at The White House on ...

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

Reservations are being taken at 217-235-5661 for the Coles County Historical Society’s July 21 Founder’s Day Dinner, which will feature a presentation on Mary Todd Lincoln.

The larger-than-life legacy of Abraham Lincoln lies, in part, in the smallest special-collections division of the University ...

A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

I’ve had Whitman in mind this spring as we’ve watched the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency ...

Where is Mount Rushmore National Memorial? It is a prominent and massive sculpture made for commemoration of key presidents.

The Declaration of Independence wrote that, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among ...

Every single generation is convinced, it seems, that their revolution will work, and their moment is uniquely in need of ...

When Abraham Lincoln died in 1865, felled by an assassin’s bullet at the end of the Civil War, he left behind a considerable legacy. But Lincoln did not leave behind many descendants. In 1985, the ...

There was a time when the name “Walter Gorthy” was well known in the Cadillac area because of the incredible role he played ...