The school district pulled the Railsplitters from all competition following a violent altercation with Northeast High that erupted after their October 4 matchup The Lincoln Railsplitters have seen the ...

Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address is a dense, technical affair. Delivered in March 1861, before the outbreak of the Civil War but after seven states had left the Union, it could hardly have ...

Fourteen presidents have called themselves Freemasons, members of the centuries-old fraternal organization known for its secret rituals and mysterious symbols. Abraham Lincoln was not one of them, but ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

In February 1862, Abraham Lincoln traveled from Illinois to Washington, D.C. While in Baltimore, the former president’s head of security discovered a plot to ambush Lincoln at Camden Station. Lincoln ...

John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Booth was part of a nine-person conspiracy that also planned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State ...

We know a lot about Abraham Lincoln: he was born to illiterate parents in a Kentucky log cabin, he executed the Emancipation Declaration in 1863, and, in presidential terms, he was enormously tall. We ...

The Louvre Robbed, the 2026 Color of the Year, and Yet More Yattering About Race PEN America’s Inflated Book-Ban List Kathryn Bigelow Plays War in A House of Dynamite A Less Perfect Union Measuring ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is unveiling a new exhibit and book this fall, highlighting Lincoln's life and legacy through a collection of 100 objects. The book, ...

It was Sunday, Sept. 7, when Kevin Kelly, owner of the Houmas House plantation between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, learned that his antique, solid silver statue of Abraham Lincoln had been stolen.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is a jarring, deeply painful moment for the country—no matter where you fall on the political spectrum. Tragedy invites emotion. That’s human. But history warns us: ...