In September 1620, the Mayflower left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers—an assortment of religious separatists seeking a new home.

More than 200 years after the Lincolns left town, the family has their own reserved parking spot in Elizabethtown. Stone pavers cover a single parking spot at 117 N. Main St., indicating it's a place ...

With a national day of “Thanksgiving,” Lincoln created a kind of secular sabbath, a day for the country to find gratitude and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — During his momentous U.S. Senate campaign against Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln sat for a photograph after politicking in western Illinois and presented one of the ...

Stowed secretly in Lincoln's pocket. We dig into the family story of a secret message etched inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket ...

America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, on this day in history, Feb. 12, 1809. Lincoln grew up in a poor family, the son of a Kentucky frontiersman — and ...

YORKVILLE -- Abraham Lincoln stands at the center of a local family mystery, a puzzle that may never be solved. The Lincoln family of Yorkville has for years claimed a shared lineage with one of ...