"I wanted to rush right down to the museum and touch it, hear it, smell it, rejoice in it and thank all who have turned a ...

The nation's founding document has been celebrated by leaders across the centuries, and it can still guide us today.

If I forget thee,” Abraham Lincoln thought, speaking not at this moment of God’s Law but of the doctrine of the Declaration ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum kicked off its Independence Day celebration by unveiling a rare 21-star flag, marking Illinois' entry as the ...

Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...

A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

Billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin has been revealed as the winner of last week's auction at Sotheby's for President Abraham ...

The statue of Abraham Lincoln sitting within is enormous. It weighs 175 tons and is 19 feet tall, carved from Georgia white marble. Lincoln would be almost twenty-eight feet tall if he were standing!

The likeness between the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln and his 11th-generation descendant Ralph C. Lincoln is striking. Ralph LincolnA comparison of President Abraham Lincoln and ...

Editor's Note, February 8, 2011: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Lincoln family farm was in New Salem, Ill. It is in Decatur, Ill.

“In 1864, a reelection flyer for Abraham Lincoln included an image of an elephant holding up a Union banner.” When did the elephant and donkey become standard for each party?

In “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln ” director Shaun Peterson makes a compelling case that Honest Abe was queer. The 102-minute doc features 20 Lincoln scholars and ...