Learn about Abraham Lincoln (sixteenth president, 1861–1865) through museum art and artifacts from across the Smithsonian. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery collection reflects many faces of ...

A new bust of a young, clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln was unveiled at the East Peoria City Council meeting. Local artist Morgan Elser created the bust, depicting Lincoln before he grew his iconic beard.

As a Massachusetts senator during the years leading up to the Civil War, Sumner was a passionate and committed abolitionist.

JANESVILLE Before he left Illinois to assume the presidency, Abraham Lincoln visited the graves of his father and stepmother. And it was John W. Baker, grandfather of Charleston resident Gale ...

The East Peoria City Council meeting on Tuesday unveiled a new bust of Abraham Lincoln that will grace East Peoria City Hall. “We so graciously accept this,” said East Peoria Mayor John Kahl ...

Abraham Lincoln : address delivered by W. Martin Jones at Phoenix, N. Y. on the thirtieth day of May, 1904 Bookreader Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to ...

Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865 Credit Line Owner: Lafayette College Date 1921 Object number K27 Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply Type Painting Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions ...

On April 26, 1865, Edward P. Doherty, one of the unheralded heroes of Irish American history, tracked down and killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Most people will know the name ...

EUREKA - Eureka College is often associated with Ronald Reagan, but Abraham Lincoln was here first. Monday is the 150th anniversary of a visit by Lincoln, then a young lawyer making a stump speech ...

“Don’t deny us what we were promised by Abraham Lincoln,” said Susan Hippen, a retired Navy Master Chief who represents the Veterans of Military Families Caucus.

It took nearly two weeks for far-flung Montana to learn the news of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865. Here's how it was reported at the time.

Back in the 1990s while working for the Clinton administration’s U.S. Office of Personnel Management, I wrote articles in ...