In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

In grade school, I lived in Springfield, Illinois. When family or friends visited, we would invariably take them to see ...

Reservations are being taken at 217-235-5661 for the Coles County Historical Society’s July 21 Founder’s Day Dinner, which will feature a presentation on Mary Todd Lincoln.

Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871) was born in Cumberland County but later made Lehigh County and Allentown his home. He served ...

The Department of Agriculture has announced that it will host the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall Aug. 3 ...

John McCaa recalls a moment in his early career when he could not report on a political assassination in Spain. In our own ...

"The solution is not returning to some mythical state of pre-Trump administration American equality, but actually ...

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani under fire for communist-style language and radical political ideology, with ...

In hoping to refresh America — and it would appear we desperately need it — it would be helpful if we got back to our civic ...

Doubleday Field and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum may be the stars of Cooperstown's lineup, but the ...

Soon we will celebrate with parades, music and fireworks. We will add this happy noise to an already noisy time in our ...

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.