The nation's founding document has been celebrated by leaders across the centuries, and it can still guide us today.

Leesburg residents voted 400-22 to ratify Virginia’s Ordinance of Secession. A mere five miles northwest, however, the town ...

If I forget thee,” Abraham Lincoln thought, speaking not at this moment of God’s Law but of the doctrine of the Declaration ...

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

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s ...

The Lost Peace' by Jay Winik. The most serious attempt to evade America's Civil War was probably doomed to fail, said Adam Gopnik in The New Yorker. But that effort at reco ...

The likeness between the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln and his 11th-generation descendant Ralph C. Lincoln is striking. Ralph LincolnA comparison of President Abraham Lincoln and ...

A kindergarten art teacher has left internet viewers in stitches after sharing her students' unexpectedly emotional reaction to learning about the fate of former President Abraham Lincoln. Cal ...

Image gallery: Zionsville plans to replace Lincoln Park’s gazebo and brick paths, add a water feature and improve drainage at a cost between $800,000 and $950,000.

‘1861’ Review: No Compromise on Compromise Lincoln, worried that conciliatory overtures toward the South would appear weak, employed a preinaugural strategy of ‘masterly inactivity.’ ...

Among other things, “1861” portrays the waiting game that Maj. Robert Anderson faced as he commanded Fort Sumter and faced uncertainty as Lincoln took office.

But “1861” is one of the few Civil War histories where Lincoln isn’t the most compelling figure. That title goes to a cast of characters, familiar ones such as abolitionist John Brown and ...