In 1855, Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to his best friend, Joshua Speed. Speed was from a wealthy, slave-owning Kentucky family; Lincoln believed slavery was wrong. You are mistaken about this, ...

In “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” director Shaun Peterson makes a compelling case that Honest Abe was queer. The 102-minute doc features 20 Lincoln scholars and historians and ...

For Lincoln impersonators like Tom Wright, the work is serious business. “When you’ve got this outfit on, you’ve got to be proper, and make sure you don’t do anything that would take away from Abraham ...

"I am the most miserable man alive," the future president wrote after his friend (and alleged lover) Joshua Speed moved away, in the documentary 'Lover Of Men' Abraham Lincoln was, by most accounts, ...

Fun fact about me: Growing up, I was Abraham Lincoln’s biggest fan. My fascination probably stemmed from thinking his iconic top hat was exceptionally fashionable. As a result, there are more ...

Bobby Poirier and J.B. Waterman depict Capt. David Derickson and Abraham Lincoln in "Lover of Men." (Special Occasion Studios) Debates over Abraham Lincoln's private life have lingered for years, but ...

Sign up to receive our weekly cultural-recommendations newsletter. The writer Carl Sandburg, in his 1926 biography of Abraham Lincoln, made a provocative claim—that ...

Born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln rose to the presidency in 1861. Hulton Archive / Getty Images America’s presidential election is still more than a month away. In the meantime ...

Portrait of American President Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) (painted by George P. Healy, mid-late 1800s), (Photo by Katherine Young/Getty Images) In his 2007 book “Land of Lincoln: Adventures in ...