The annual Mayfield-Graves County Banana Festival celebrates the town’s surprising historical connection to the banana industry. This quirky celebration makes for a particularly memorable day trip if ...

Apple TV's Manhunt is a gripping historical thriller that follows the intense search for Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John ...

In the last days of a devastating civil war, President Abraham Lincoln's thoughts turned to passages in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." It was his favorite Shakespeare play. In a letter to an actor, ...

It’s Abraham Lincoln who can be credited with sparking the creation of the Thanksgiving holiday we know and love. Unlike Washington, Lincoln wanted everyone to celebrate Thanksgiving on the same day — ...

The last ever pennies were minted in Philadelphia on Thursday, making pennies a piece of history, and prompting future generations to reflect on the legacy of the penny and its significance in ...

Indiana's coin shows a young Lincoln sitting on a log, reading a book. It's meant to depict his time in Indiana from 1816 to 1830. "The design on this coin captures this part of Lincoln’s life by ...

The penny began in 1787, with historians crediting Benjamin Franklin with designing the first one-cent coin called the “Fugio ...

Unsurprisingly, he avoided meeting with any future presidents until his death in 1926. Robert Todd Lincoln’s legacy is not ...

U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach visited the Philadelphia Mint on Wednesday to strike the final five circulating one-cent coins or pennies, ending 232 years of penny production in the United States.

In a historic moment for American currency, the U.S. Mint has struck its final penny. After more than 230 years of continuous ...

The American penny will pass away Wednesday after a prolonged illness. It was 238 years old.The last penny will be minted ...