That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Observer welcomes Louis Masur who writes and lectures about a range of topics including Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, the Founding Fathers, visual culture, and the history of Rock and Roll.

A 1915 silent film — thought to be lost forever — was discovered in a pile of old donations, now you can see this rare piece of history.

Phillip Stone, a Harrisonburg lawyer who has served as president of Bridgewater College and Sweet Briar College, holds an ...

This Presidents Day, on Monday, Feb. 17, at 2 p.m., The Park Theatre in Jaffrey will host a free screening of the 1930 classic film “Abraham Lincoln” directed by D.W.

Abraham Lincoln had to eat, sleep and put money in the bank just like everyone else. Now you can see the transactions and bank movements he ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

A 1915 silent film about Abraham Lincoln was thought to be lost forev­er before being found in a warehouse on New York’s Long Island. Dan Martin, a summer intern at Historic Films Archive in Greenport ...

When Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, it took just six years before the first American football game was played on the holiday. My question is, what took so long?

"He came up with a startled look on his face and said, 'Joe, I really think we've got something special here.'" In 2024, a ...

President Abraham Lincoln called for a National Day of humiliation, fasting and prayer for the end of the Civil War, a time of great distress and death for our nation. Today, ...