Super Bowl Monday is a day that many people in the U.S. dread as it typically follows a late night of commercials, beer, food and football. Last year, approximately 60% of Americans or 200 million ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The birthday of Abraham Lincoln, who served as the 16th President of the United States and was known as “The Great Emancipator,” is Monday, Feb. 12. According to History.com, ...

Monday marks Abraham Lincoln’s 215th birthday, and as always, it prompts some of the most profound questions of civics and citizenship: Do I get the day off from work? Do my kids have to go to school?

State of Illinois and Sangamon County employees will have the next two Mondays off from work. Those days are in observance of Abraham Lincoln's birthday on Feb. 12 and Presidents Day on Feb. 20, which ...

Author, professor and noted Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame will be the featured speaker Feb. 15 for Abraham Lincoln Association’s Lincoln Birthday Banquet. The banquet will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history, and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians.

Hallmark doesn't sell birthday cards for 200-year-olds, so one intrepid artist had to come up with her own medium to wish Abraham Lincoln a happy bicentennial. A "birthday card" for Lincoln making its ...

A smile swept over Susan Dittman's face as she peered into the auditorium at Lincoln Southeast High School on Sunday afternoon. "I didn't expect it to be so full," she said. Seven years ago, Dittman ...

Whether it be because of their rarity, condition or simply because of a 20th century nostalgia — these coins are worth more ...

Happy birthday, Abraham Lincoln! But you’ll get the gift if you bring a $5 bill to Randolph’s Restaurant and Bar, 1776 Grant Street, today and ask for the Lincoln’s Birthday Special: You can trade in ...