In the spring of 1859, Abraham Lincoln was invited by a committee of Boston Republicans to attend a festival in honor of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday. He couldn’t make it. Instead, he sent a ...

President Abraham Lincoln, whose 205th birthday we celebrate on Feb. 12, has ranked first or second in polls of the best-ever U.S. president for more than 60 years. How much do you know about the ...

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- From Capitol Hill to Springfield, Illinois, President Obama and Congress paid tribute Thursday to Abraham Lincoln on the bicentennial of his birth. "It is an honor to be here: a ...

Some of the biggest celebrations of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birthday kick off in Washington, D.C., today. But you can also catch many Lincoln- related exhibits and events later this ...

As Abraham Lincoln's 203rd birthday approaches, here are five ways to celebrate the sixteenth president of the united states: Buy a New Hat Lincoln was known for wearing a tall stovepipe hat.

Abraham Lincoln quotes about failure and success 42. “I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination.

In 2015, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation published the book celebrating or responding to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Each entry consisted of 272 words, the same number of ...

It was Lincoln who issued an 1863 proclamation calling on Americans to "set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving," partly to celebrate victories in the ...