Historians consistently rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest U.S. president. Without his leadership and political brilliance, ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is celebrating Lincoln’s birthday in a special way. ALPLM is offering two ...

For instance, Abraham Lincoln learned from a man, Edwin Stanton, who treated him poorly; that's harder to imagine today, ...

EDWARDSVILLE - SIUE Emeritus Professor Stephen Hansen will explore the myths and legends of Abraham Lincoln at the inaugural ...

SIUE Emeritus Professor Stephen Hansen will explore the myths and legends of Abraham Lincoln at the inaugural event of the 2025 MCHS Speakers Series at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 9 at the Main Street ...

It is one of thousands of such heart-rending pleas that appeared in papers across the country, starting even before slavery was abolished at the end of the Civil War and continuing as late as the ...

Discovered in a thrift store, the historic docket lists incidents that occurred in the town of Casper, Wyoming, in ...

Black History Month is celebrated every February, the shortest and one of the coldest months of the year. At first glance it ...

While Lincoln has ranked at the top of each survey, the two presidents who served right before him – Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, both sympathetic to slavery – and his immediate successor, ...

When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President, he did not put his left hand on either of the two Bibles held by his ...

The story of the late Geraldine “Jeri” Cousins Palmer, her parents, their relatives and neighbors will be on display at their ...