John Adams, a founder of the United States and its second president, privately expressed doubts that the republic would ...

Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is doubtless one of the greatest speeches in world history. Short yet poignant, the speech delivered ...

David Davis, the Supreme Court justice, U.S. senator, and campaign manager for Abraham Lincoln, was not a very good lawyer. He was not a legal scholar, barring a couple of solid Supreme Court opinions ...

BLOOMINGTON — Almost 170 years after Abraham Lincoln delivered an impassioned speech against slavery at a political gathering in downtown Bloomington, a new mural within sight of the spot now ...

When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before or since. The Civil War had killed over 600,000 Americans, North and South.

When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before or since. The Civil War had killed over 600,000 Americans, North and South.

Abraham Lincoln, the greatest American president, was also in my view the best of all presidential speechwriters. As a youngster in Lincoln, Nebraska, I stood before the statue of the president ...