On April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln died after being shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater the previous evening; Andrew Johnson was sworn in as the 17th president hours later.

A statue of President Abraham Lincoln was vandalized in Chicago's Lincoln Park on Monday to protest an execution order he signed in 1862 that put 38 Native American men to death.

Ever wondered about the origins of the Abraham Lincoln sculpture seated on a bench in downtown Bloomington? Here's a look ...

ALTON — The sun shone Friday morning on a "Looking for Lincoln" sign and the statue of President Abraham Lincoln in downtown Alton. Friday marked the 158th anniversary of the day Lincoln was ...

When Abraham Lincoln died in 1865, felled by an assassin’s bullet at the end of the Civil War, he left behind a considerable legacy. But Lincoln did not leave behind many descendants. In 1985 ...

The lead .41-calibre bullet with which John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln on the night of April 14, 1865, was the most lethal gunshot in American history. Only five days earlier, the ...

Since Ford’s Theater reopened as an active theater in 1968, it has rarely been the scene of a dramatic re-enactment of Abraham Lincoln being shot to death there on April 14, 1865. “Manhunt ...