Throughout our nation’s history, there have been many incredible moments, ones which we still discuss with reverence today.

Abraham Lincoln officially recognized Thanksgiving during a time of national pain that mirrors modern-day life in Chicago.

On Market Street in Steubenville, history still looks back at you. The bronze figure of Edwin M. Stanton gazes across the valley he once called home. Born here in 1814, Stanton rose from the banks of ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, stood at a Pennsylvania cemetery and shared his hope for the ...

A long-serving White House usher has shared a ghastly ghost story involving Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United ...

A rare Lincoln letter at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shows how race shaped early White House life and presidential power.

An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an extraordinary relationship the two had despite the demands the new president had ...

America's conflicted history over its treatment of immigrants and what President Lincoln might say about today's immigration debacle.

Columnist Charita Goshay writes that Americans should be thankful for their daily meal -- and not deride those who are in ...

Though Lincoln himself was not Jewish, his words of support drawn from the faith of history’s first Jew continue to serve as ...

Courthouses throughout the United States often have statues within their halls, usually a depiction of Lady Justice with scales in hand. Downtown Los Angeles’ civic hall is certainly no different, ...

Indiana's coin shows a young Lincoln sitting on a log, reading a book. It's meant to depict his time in Indiana from 1816 to ...