Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...

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 hedge fund manager Ken Griffin added two of the most iconic artifacts in American history to his growing ...

Saturday, June 21 TIME: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Dr. Ann Murphy-Knight S.T.A.R.S.Complex WEBSITE: (More information) ...

A 2024 poll found that 90% of U.S. residents “are aware” of Juneteenth, which was declared a federal holiday four years ago.

Book Review: ‘Lincoln’s Peace’ offers lessons for these times from the Civil War Michael Vorenberg’s book shines as a meticulously researched and artistically written examination of how ...

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 ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...

A wax statue of Abraham Lincoln melted in a heatwave in Washington DC, part of Sandy Williams IV's Wax Monument Series highlighting Civil War history. Livemint Published 26 Jun 2024, 09:12 AM IST ...

In his famous 1858 speech, Abraham Lincoln warned that only civil war would resolve the issue of slavery in the U.S. He wasn’t wrong.

On Tuesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his wife, M.K., donated that historic document to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. The couple acquired it at auction for $471,000.

Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to blockade Southern ports to state museum The fateful 163-year-old document had been in an anonymous private collection until its purchase at auction by ...