The effort to build a Medal of Honor monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is in limbo right now, after Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., objected to the motion for unanimous consent in ...

Samuel J. Seymour was just five years old when he sat in the balcony at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 and heard the ...

Welcome to Decatur – the central Illinois gem where $555 a month can get you a studio apartment while your Chicago friends ...

Events going on in and around Jacksonville during the week ahead.

As Abraham Lincoln watched the theatre stage, John Wilkes Booth crept from the shadows behind, drew his derringer pistol, and ...

Families and visitors stopped by the 30-foot granite sculpture to celebrate the federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader who challenged the nation to live up to its promise of ...

A drawing of US President Donald Trump grinning as he replaces the head of the Lincoln Memorial with his own won the German ...

Wyoming has several strange and amusing sights along its highways including the Big Boy statue, the Smith Mansion, the ...

By  TERRY TANG The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln ...

Historical artifacts, including land surveys by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, a letter written by Abraham Lincoln ...

I visited the Lincoln Memorial last weekend. The colossal 19-foot statue of Abraham Lincoln loomed above me, looking towards ...

Join Springfield’s Lincoln museum Jan. 19 for MLK Day events, including a live speech, skating, historian talks and a blood ...