Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The name Presidents Day became the unofficial name with the changing the date of the holiday, according to the National Archives. With the holiday moved to the ...

A new digital tool is giving Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum visitors an augmented reality experience that ...

Happy birthday Abraham Lincoln. He’s 216. The McLean County Museum of History is hallmarking Lincoln’s Feb. 12 birthday with the start of a coloring contest to celebrate Lincoln and work on a mural ...

The self-taught artist Abraham Lincoln Walker worked in his basement on phantasmagorical paintings, discovered by the art world more than 30 years after his death.

School Vacation Week is here – and not a moment too soon, unless you’re a harried parent with no idea what to do with your ...

More than three years after a plan for a National Juneteenth Museum was hatched, developers have secured land in Fort Worth.

When we think of the most legendary presidents our nation has had, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, ...

It’s been debated for decades - now President Trump has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies. A historian says the move won’t diminish the legacy of Illinois’ favorite son, Abraham ...

The act of violence almost 150 years ago effectively gave birth to the civil service, that class of nonpartisan experts who ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum commemorated Lincoln’s birthday Wednesday by officially launching Lincoln ...