Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate his essential contributions to our country, let's ...

Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the dissolution of the Union with all the political ...

Mark your calendars—President’s Day is coming up on Feb. 17, the perfect time to dive into some truly fascinating and downright interesting facts ... From Abraham Lincoln to George Washington ...

The only photograph of Abraham Lincoln in death almost never survived. When the assassinated president was laid out in his coffin in the rotunda of New York's City Hall for a viewing attended by ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic historical figure, gunned down by an assassin just days after winning the nation's bloodiest war. A Republican ...

This, no doubt, is true of any really great statesman, but it was remarkably so of Abraham Lincoln. As a tree may ... beyond these facts, we know little of his earliest years.

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

Lincoln had struggled to heal the wounds of war, yet he became one of its last victims, and the war left the country no less divided. Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier. Born in a ...