President Abraham Lincoln offered a short but seminal vision of the past and promise of the United States in a speech known as the Gettysburg Address. The brief speech—just 272 words arranged ...

At the close of the speech Mr. LINCOLN was presented with several splendid boquets and floral wreaths. An immense cheer for LINCOLN and the Union was then sent up by the crowd, and the reception ...

What has become of our country? Are we, as Abraham Lincoln warned before the Civil War, "a house divided?" Why have we become so divided? We are dividing our country ...

Mr. LINCOLN took a seat in a barouche drawn by six white horses, amid the deafening cheers of a vast concourse of people. The procession, in charge of MILES GREENWOOD, took up its march passing ...

Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14 ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky ... In that atmosphere, Lincoln made a stop in Cincinnati on Feb. 12, where he gave a speech before a bipartisan crowd that sought to ...

Mounted cavalry troops lined the streets from the president-elect’s hotel to the Capitol, and sharpshooters stood on rooftops ...

Abraham Lincoln spent his birthday in Cincinnati on ... the hotel at Third and Vine streets. Part of his speech was to reassure Kentucky that he would not do anything to drive the commonwealth ...

But Gettysburg has also been a symbol of America’s commitments to freedom and democracy, thanks to the immortal speech that Abraham Lincoln delivered there on Nov. 19, 1863. Trump’s comments ...

Abraham Lincoln. There are a great many aspects to Lincoln’s character and career. I've written previously about Lincoln as our technology president, his enduring relevance to Republican ...