The following is the transcript of an interview with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John ...

The nation’s capital is a must-visit destination for those looking to immerse themselves in American history and pride.

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we approach Juneteenth, let’s also acknowledge some ugly truths that reflect the times in which our our 16th president lived. Juneteenth ...

Other popular items included a handkerchief Lincoln had on the night he was shot, which sold for $826,000, and the earliest known sample of the 16th president’s handwriting, from a notebook in ...

The gloves were the top-selling items, bringing in $1.52 million including the premium. One of two handkerchiefs Lincoln had with him April 14, 1865, the night he was shot, went for $826,000. A ...

The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated were among the 144 items up for bid, 136 of which sold. AP Its website said proceeds from the auction ...

An auction of precious Abraham Lincoln artifacts raised close to $8 million Wednesday, meaning a likely seven-figure windfall for a cash-strapped Springfield foundation that was selling part of ...

The entire sale of Lincoln artifacts and memorabilia totaled nearly $7.9 million Miniature photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, ca 1860. Courtesy of Freeman's | Hindman, 2025.

Abraham Lincoln artifacts to be auctioned to pay off foundation’s debt The auction — representing 10 percent of the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s collection — includes the gloves ...

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.” ...

Items on Abraham Lincoln’s body the night he was assassinated, his earliest known handwriting and other extraordinary relics from his life are being auctioned this week in a sale that drew ...

A pair of stained gloves tucked in Abraham Lincoln’s pocket when he was assassinated are among a collection of items owned by the Lincoln Presidential Foundation that will be auctioned off in Chicago ...