America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, on this day in history, Feb. 12, 1809. Lincoln grew up in a poor family, the son of a Kentucky frontiersman — and ...

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was born in a single-room log cabin on Sinking Spring Farm in LaRue County, Kentucky on Feb. 12, 1809. He was the son of Thomas Lincoln, an ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Folksy, melancholy Abraham Lincoln would have been dumbfounded by the fuss over his birthday Thursday. Bells tolled, wreaths were laid, speeches intoned and banjos picked to mark ...

This speech is almost as easily recognizable as the man who wrote it. Abraham Lincoln, born in Illinois on February 12, 1809, is one of the most beloved presidents (if you aren’t a Confederate ...

President's Day, the next federal holiday on the calendar, is rapidly approaching. The holiday, which is celebrated annually on the third Monday of February, commemorates the births of two great ...

A legend surrounding the birth of Abraham Lincoln says that the former president was the illegitimate son of Murphy resident Abram Enloe and his housekeeper. A legend surrounding the birth of Abraham ...