Chicken Fricassee. For dinner, Old Abe loved chicken fricassee. It’s not so common anymore, but it was a popular dish in the ...

Newspapers publicized the train’s schedule so that citizens could pay their last respects as it passed. In ten cities, Lincoln’s casket was removed from the train for elaborate memorial services and ...

What Rhonda Hiser discovered behind a bookcase at the Museum of Southern History in Florida was an 1865 American presentation flag that she now believes was draped over the coffin of assassinated ...

Abraham Lincoln embodied everything that’s great about America: He was courageous, compassionate, wise and quite likely gay. “Lover of Men” (in theaters now) is a revealing new documentary ...

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction. The collection’s original owner is “appalled.” ...

More than 1,000 high-resolution photos connected to Abraham Lincoln are now available online through an initiative by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Most of the photos in ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history, and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians ...

The white leather gloves are stained with blood from the night Abraham Lincoln wore them to the theater. Even on a celebratory night marking an end to war, Lincoln disliked donning the flashy bit ...

Deep dive into Abraham Lincoln, who sewed pigs' eyes shut, and his cruelty to/compassion for animals. In a campaign biography, Lincoln recalled a "humorous" tale in which he sewed pigs' eyes shut.

On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Following his death, his body traveled on a funeral train, dubbed “The Lincoln Special.” This tour allowed mourners from several states ...

Abraham Lincoln issued the "preliminary" Emancipation Proclamation on this day in history, Sept. 22, 1862, announcing the slaves would be freed on Jan. 1, 1863.

Lincoln, Abraham Description ... In ten cities, Lincoln’s casket was removed from the train for elaborate memorial services and public viewings. On May 3, 1865, the train reached its final destination ...