In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the Smithsonian is having a yearlong celebration, featuring exhibitions and events that will offer visitors a chance to explore ...

"The story Skip is most interested in is Lincoln the Emancipator, Lincoln the prophet of American equality," Yale history professor David Blight said during an interview in Los Angeles. "Why and how ...

It is one of my duties as Minnesota's commissioner on the national Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to outline the president's impact upon Minnesota. It is appropriate to highlight Lincoln and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Folksy, melancholy Abraham Lincoln would have been dumbfounded by the fuss over his birthday Thursday. Bells tolled, wreaths were laid, speeches intoned and banjos picked to mark ...

Lincoln Birth Bicentennial Project Documentary Watch an excerpt from a documentary about the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's two new stage productions celebrating the bicentennial of Abraham ...

Feb. 12 is Abraham Lincoln's birthday, but some say he might have been born in North Carolina.

Lincoln, Nebraska, tried to be the first place in the United States to sell four stamps commemorating the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln but there was just too much competition for the honor.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

A legend surrounding the birth of Abraham Lincoln says that the former president was the illegitimate son of Murphy resident Abram Enloe and his housekeeper. A legend surrounding the birth of Abraham ...

How did the Civil War bring about a new birth of freedom? What about the lynchings, segregation, and deep economic inequalities that followed? Did Lincoln foresee the nation would need multiple new ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Just over a week ago, a statue that depicts a former slave kneeling at President Abraham Lincoln’s feet was removed from a park in Boston. 19 News discovered what at first ...