“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” So said Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, given 165 years ago. Many describe contemporary America in the same terms. We’re a house divided ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned to ...

What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago, on Thursday May 29, 1856, ignited Abraham Lincoln’s march to the presidency, and eventually led to the Civil War-era 13th, 14th and 15 amendments, which ...

pt. 1. Political oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War -- pt. 2. Political oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton v. 1. Political oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War -- Argument ...

NEW YORK -- Christie's is auctioning a handwritten copy of the 1864 speech Abraham Lincoln delivered at the White House after being re-elected in the midst of an unpopular Civil War both he and his ...