The premiere will be at 7 p.m. at Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St., in Springfield. A panel discussion ...

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 August, history professor Michael Birkner gave a short speech in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, near where President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous address in November 1863. The event was ...

This 64-pound solid silver statue was stolen from the Houmas House Estate in Darrow, Louisiana, deputies say. It was created by sculptor Gustav Borglum who created Mount Rushmore, officials say.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a rare, 64-pound silver statue of Abraham Lincoln was stolen from Houmas House and Gardens Saturday ...

A memorial for victims of the July 4 floods is seen near the Guadalupe River at Guadalupe Park, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. Elías Valverde II / Staff Photographer Having heartbroken ...

In our era, they might seem like performative gestures for the president. A quiet visit with the wife of a wounded soldier. A conversation with a battlefield nurse or a kitchen worker. A hand extended ...

“Loving Lincoln” encompasses the women he befriended, defended in divorce actions, those who wrote to seek pardons and government offices for their husbands, writers like Ida Tarbell, Ruth Painter ...