Second, the monuments and memorials – though certainly moving, appropriate, and important in that they keep us forever connected to our past while helping us progress into the future – primarily give ...

Dorothy McClerren, 96, portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in her daughter’s home to share her talents with Heartland Hospice workers ...

Participating in the event were such organizations as the Tampa Bay History Center, the Historic Hernando Preservation ...

When I finished reading the preface to Stacy Lynn's Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln's Life ...

In a time of tense partisan clashes, Capitol Hill has a trusted leader in Jane L. Campbell, president and CEO of the U.S. Capitol ...

A coach who is super proud of her time spent in North Carolina will be the new director of men's and women's golf at North Carolina A&T State University. Director of Athletics Earl M. Hilton III named ...

Sen. Mark Warner wants to rein in a 218-year old law granting presidents sweeping power to send troops to suppress protests, a measure President Donald Trump has said he might ...

Not striking while the iron is hot can indeed have devastating impact. Admittedly, none of us can see into the future, ...

First slave freed by Abraham Lincoln, a Pekin woman, is now buried under Peoria pavement. Live chat ... One of the first victims was the lone doctor, leaving medical care mostly to townsfolk.

Friends of the Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park and Memorial will host a scavenger hunt on Saturday, June 21.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

On April 26, 1865, Edward P. Doherty, one of the unheralded heroes of Irish American history, tracked down and killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Most people will know the name ...