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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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, ...

This short tells a story about what would happen if Abraham Lincoln came back today, and got every country he wants? Since ...

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

The last Lincoln penny was recently struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Its removal from circulation marks just one of ...

Who was the first president to pardon a turkey? Who holds the record for the most turkey pardons? A look at the Thanksgiving tradition.

Unlike some of Abe’s other favorite foods—like the vanilla almond cake he once declared "the best in Kentucky," or the hearty ...