On March 4, 1986, the air outside US Capitol was biting, a mist of disillusionment hanging forebodingly like smoke from wet ...

Of course a famous architect’s offspring created a toy that for over 100 years has fostered an interest in building at an ...

There are two things that Donald Trump wants — a Nobel Peace Prize and to be carved into Mount Rushmore, the iconic site ...

A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

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

The record-breaking sale comes just a few years after he paid $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution.

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.

To better understand history, we must understand how people thought and acted in the context of their times and the prevailing worldviews of that era.

Ken Griffin bought an Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, for $13.7 million, and the Emancipation Proclamation ...

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...