This lesson compares the experiences, roles, and legacies of Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Davis, the wives of the Civil War era presidents. The lesson, which features historian Kelly Hancock speaking ...

By Courtney Mussen The fruit of a collaboration between Goodwin House in Baileys Crossroads and the Concerned Citizens ...

The friendship that developed, during perhaps the most turbulent time in American History, between two apparently dissimilar ...

Eight score and two years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the False Claims Act into federal law. The anti-fraud tool, ...

We were all taught in school that the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the U.S. to celebrate American independence ...

Last week, we celebrated Idaho Day — the day President Abraham Lincoln declared Idaho a territory of the United States on March 4, 1863. This comes after celebrating Lincoln’s birthday ...

Ad Policy This article appears in the April 2025 issue. Come Gather ’Round, People. Thank you for Daniel Bessner’s thoughtful ...

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, will ...

For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...

Is that a call for a civil war? Kinda sounds like it to me. Are there any solutions to the current horrid division in America ...

Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14 ...