A lot of the propaganda about the Civil War and the Confederacy was directly created to combat the Civil Rights Movement.

After a long treatise on the illegality of secession, Lincoln closed with a single flourish. His plea to the “better angels ...

The question of what Jefferson meant by “all men” has defined American law and politics for too long.

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 ...

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, had been cut up to be sold to pawn shops, officials say. Houmas House Estate & Gardens Facebook ...

This trenchant study from historian Ambar (Stars and Shadows) revisits episodes of racially motivated brutality that inspired the speech that catapulted 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln to national ...

U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) is calling on President Donald Trump to support her bipartisan bill that would grant temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants, allowing them to remain in ...

In April of 1865, citizens of Bloomington gathered on the lawn of the courthouse to grieve the death of Abraham Lincoln. On Saturday (July 1), a new generation gathered in Lincoln's honor, this time ...

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin added two of the most iconic artifacts in American history to his growing collection of rare documents — spending a combined $18.1 million for items signed ...

Billionaire Ken Griffin just bought two of the most significant documents ever signed by President Abraham Lincoln, adding to his trove of Americana. Griffin reset the record for any document signed ...