Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...

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

The Bicentennial Speaker Series co-sponsored by the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County and John Wood Community College continues with a Wednesday, July 9 presentation.

The larger-than-life legacy of Abraham Lincoln lies, in part, in the smallest special-collections division of the University ...

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

Each winner of the 2025 Dr. Eugene and Dr. Maxine Hankins Cain Lansing Juneteenth Essay Competition and Scholarship Program ...

Jon Meacham — the Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian — will be out Tuesday with an introduction for a new Random ...

Artists and writers from around the world have conveyed black people’s struggles, triumphs and contributions to American ...

Abraham Lincoln assassination coverage revisited. ... Six of the papers came from two collections the museum purchased, and the seventh is on loan from a private collector.

A 1912 Geneva city document suggests that Abraham Lincoln had visited the town and spoken outside a former courthouse. Geneva History Museum Executive Director Terry Emma said the document was ...

Bloomington likely first to name street for Abraham Lincoln There are 75,000 U.S. streets named for Lincoln, but the first known was in Bloomington, which honored the beloved local attorney in 1858.

In the new documentary “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln,” director Shaun Peterson tackles decades’ worth of speculation about the sexual orientation of the towering 16th ...