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 ...

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 ...

David Leroy — a former Idaho lieutenant governor, attorney general and Abraham Lincoln historian — gave a presentation for ...

San Pedro Park marker honors first president of Union women’s group; readers asked to help track down a plaque dedicated to ...

Rob Watt, past curator of the Armstrong County Historical Museum, will present an enlightening program about Levi ...

Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday.

WASHINGTON (7News) — The roots of Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. run deep in the city, starting as a seed planted during Lincoln's presidency and the Civil War. Less-known ...

More on the unsuccessful plot to kill Lincoln: http://j.mp/VnSZ9g During his inauguration tour in 1861, the president's life was threatened in the city of Baltimore ...

Redlands’ Lincoln Memorial ... “The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West,” speaking on “The American Civil War in the Desert ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday on Sunday, stressed the importance of telling the tragedy of the Second World War to younger generations. He pledged to contribute to efforts ...