Public DomainA late 19th-century illustration of Abraham Lincoln wrestling hometown bully Jack Armstrong. He has been mythologized as one of the greatest Americans to ever be elected president, but ...

On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for ...

The holiday, which is celebrated annually on the third Monday of February, commemorates the births of two great United States ...

The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case ...

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.

In 2014, actor/comedian Sid Caesar (Your Show of Shows, Vegas Vacation) died at the age of 91.

The infamous Roe v. Wade decision legalized what had always been a crime, and over 50 million potential American citizens ...

In March 1848, newly elected congressman from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, wrote a letter to David Lincoln in Rockingham County, Virginia, whom he had never met, introducing himself and asking for ...