Let Marylanders be at the forefront of a growing movement to recognize the end of slavery and work toward a better, more ...

Every year since 1976, Phil Stone has been honoring President Abraham Lincoln on his Feb. 12th birthday at the Lincoln ...

"My name is Ralph C. Lincoln and I am honored to be an 11th generation Lincoln who also shares the same great-grandfather as ...

Born in Riverside, Illinois — about three hours from where Abraham Lincoln had lived with his family in Springfield — to ...

Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is doubtless one of the greatest speeches in world history. Short yet poignant, the speech delivered ...

In May 1865, the national government threw itself a parade. It had been more than a month since the rebellion in defense of ...

Jones's book Allan Pinkerton offers a riveting account of a largely overlooked figure whose shadow still looms over modern ...

On library shelves the multi-volumed biographies by Nicolay and Hay, Sandburg, and Randall and Current stand cover to cover with *Lincoln Never Smoked a Cigarette* and *Abraham Lincoln on the Coming ...

Today, it is commonly used to celebrate the birthdays of both Washington and President Abraham Lincoln, born on Feb. 12. Feb. 22 was originally celebrated as a holiday by 19th-century Americans, ...

Southern Living includes Mary Todd Lincoln Home in Lexington, Kentucky in must-visit list for its role in shaping the First Lady who advised President Lincoln.

For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are ...

British Gen. Cornwallis’s sword, believed to be the one surrendered to Americans at Yorktown in 1781, is on display at the ...