Roger Q. Mason’s stage play and film Lavender Men considers Abraham Lincoln's love life and interrogates American mythology.

A kindergarten art teacher has left internet viewers in stitches after sharing her students' unexpectedly emotional reaction ...

Two era-defining documents that ended slavery and reshaped American history are to be auctioned. The Thirteenth Amendment ...

SPRINGFIELD — A free exhibition of a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, the historic executive order that freed millions of African Americans from enslavement in secessionist states, will be among ...

A pair of leather gloves worn by President Abraham Lincoln to Ford’s Theater on the night of his assassination fetched $1.5 million at auction this week, part of a trove of relics from his life ...

Abraham Lincoln's bloodstained gloves from Ford's Theatre sold for $1.52 million at auction. Other items included a handkerchief and a "wanted" poster.

An auction of precious Abraham Lincoln artifacts raised close to $8 million Wednesday, meaning a likely seven-figure windfall for a cash-strapped Springfield foundation that was selling part of ...

The auction — representing 10 percent of the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s collection — includes the gloves Lincoln carried the night of his assassination.

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction. The collection’s original owner is “appalled.” ...

Abraham Lincoln, celebrated on his 216th birthday, left a significant impact as the 16th President of the US. Not only known for his leadership during. Sign In. TOI. Go to TOI. Etimes. home.

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history , and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians.