The Declaration of Independence is a revolutionary document that transformed governance from monarchy to democracy and ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

In honor of the Fourth of July, America’s Independence Day, here’s what some patriots, politicians and other people have to ...

Another Oregonian is climbing aboard the “Oh, Mary!” bandwagon, as Jinkx Monsoon has announced that she’ll be playing the role originated by Clatskanie-raised Cole Escola, who recently won a Tony ...

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 ...

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 ...

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

Book Review: ‘Lincoln’s Peace’ offers lessons for these times from the Civil War Michael Vorenberg’s book shines as a meticulously researched and artistically written examination of how ...

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be the topic of the next — and next-to-last — Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Louis Masur, a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University ...

Abraham Lincoln is often ranked as one of the United States’s most important presidents for his role in steering the country through the Civil War and his insistence on abolishing slavery ...

In a rare pro-Democrat cartoon from the Civil War era, presidential aspirant George B. McClellan, center, is portrayed as the intermediary between Abraham Lincoln and Confederate President ...