Feb. 12 is Lincoln's Birthday, a legal state holiday in Connecticut. The post office will remain open, but entities like the ...

National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in May 2022. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) I decided, the other evening, to walk to the ...

Presidents Day is a federal holiday celebrated each year in mid-February to honor past U.S. presidents. Locally, it's part of ...

While some Republicans want to put Donald Trump onto Mt. Rushmore, historians often change their views of presidents over ...

On a rainy Tuesday morning, I stood under Abraham Lincoln for the first time ... column-lined space under the Lincoln Memorial, as Meyerhoff was helping lead a tour of the ongoing construction ...

It’s been debated for decades - now President Trump has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies. A historian says the move won’t diminish the legacy of Illinois’ favorite son, Abraham ...

The Lincoln Memorial has been the site of historic moments in American civil rights history, and a museum set to open in 2026 will highlight how the memorial became a platform for the First ...

Saturday morning, the People's March carried out several marches starting at 11 a.m. that converged at the Lincoln Memorial for a rally and fair starting at 1 p.m. According to the event website ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

The 84th Lincoln Pilgrimage, organized by the Gray Arrow District of the California Inland Empire Council of Scouting America, set out from Redlands High School midmorning Saturday and the parade made ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech ... the Civil War and produced a speech that is carved in stone at the Lincoln Memorial. The historic document from which he read is kept at the ...