February is Black History Month — but where did the concept come from? The answer is right here in Central Virginia.

While the Kennedys and Trumps of the world were born to wealthy families with large estates, other presidents had far more ...

He chose February because the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass were celebrated this ...

This coming Monday we celebrate Presidents’ Day, which honors the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, both born in February. On Presidents’ Day we reflect on the lives ...

The self-taught artist Abraham Lincoln Walker worked in his basement on phantasmagorical paintings, discovered by the art ...

For four decades, the USA has officially celebrated Black History Month, but efforts to honor African American history in February go back a century.

Here, MassLive is highlighting 10 people — including educators, artists, businesspeople and advocates — identified for their ...

Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their ...

Every year since 1976, regardless of the weather, Phil Stone has come to the cemetery on the Lincoln Homestead to honor ...

Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad ...

What do we think of when we think about our presidents? The courage of George Washington crossing the Delaware? The resolute ...

considered the father of American photo-journalism (Sam Jenkins-Shaw) who took iconic pictures of Abraham Lincoln, his family, and the battlefields of the bloody US Civil War. The new play ...