Born in Riverside, Illinois — about three hours from where Abraham Lincoln had lived with his family in Springfield — to ...

Discover the Lincoln Memorial's history, design, & significant role in American identity. Explore its power as a symbol of ...

Donation Options Search Search Search A verdict form from a Cook County jury dated May 19, 1875, officially declared Mary Todd Lincoln “insane ... as secretary of war under President James ...

The former first lady’s biggest fans say people don’t get her, and the Broadway hit ‘Oh, Mary!’ isn’t exactly helping the ...

With that, the die is cast, destiny is in motion and Mary Todd Lincoln gets her long-awaited Tony for her cabaret prowess. Or ...

Well, not really, but she did come with a blunderbuss — a popular firearm — when she traveled here from France in 1789. Her ...

Archaeologists in Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution when they uncovered the eye sockets of a human ...

It's an intentionally ridiculous reimagining of first lady Mary Todd Lincoln. It portrays her as having become addicted to alcohol, not because of the Civil War, but because she's desperately ...

You may have missed it, but on Friday, the Supreme Court lifted a lower court order that blocked the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the Social Security Administration’s data ...