Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their government. In his era, elite southern enslavers insisted that government had no ...

Jacobi’s ‘Lincoln and Douglas,’ young readers will connect with a determined Abraham Lincoln as he faces setbacks, rivalries, ...

It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...

This is the week we recall the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Although we don’t single out his birthday as a nation any longer, ...

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

For all his modesty and wartime preoccupation, the 16th president was one of the most photographed men of his time, with a ...

Flick Fact: Where can you see an exact replica of Abraham Lincoln, with his exact body measurements — and in B-N besides?

Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Phillip Stone, a Harrisonburg lawyer who has served as president of Bridgewater College and Sweet Briar College, holds an ...

In a historic Northfield cemetery, a large headstone stands tall with the name “Lonkey” and the years 1845-1911. Buried ...

February is an odd month, and it’s a short one, too. While most months have 30 or 31 days, February usually has 28, with the exception of leap year having 29. We are still in winter in February with ...