There are ideas aplenty in Roger Q. Mason and Lovell Holder’s 'Lavender Men,' but much of it gets bogged down in an overly ...

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...

Dorothy McClerren, 96, portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in her daughter’s home to share her talents with Heartland Hospice workers ...

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

The hedge-fund billionaire also paid a record $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution four years ago.

1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

Ken Griffin bought an Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, for $13.7 million, and the Emancipation Proclamation ...

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.

Donald Trump may have crossed a new line but he isn’t the only potty-mouthed president, a tradition that dates all the way ...

The town is home to two house museums, including one with ties to former president Abraham Lincoln. The Harlan-Lincoln House ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Union Pacific will bring its Abraham Lincoln locomotive to Springfield, the hometown of the 16th ...