Forty-five feet below the Lincoln Memorial is art of a very different kind. On the pillars in the memorial's basement, where a visitor center is now under construction, is graffiti left behind by the ...

The statue commemorates Colonel Robert A Smith, a Scot who was struck down in Kentucky during the US civil war.

A Pekin woman who gained her freedom from indentured servitude with the help of Abraham Lincoln more than two decades before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation as president is the subject of a ...

It’s one of D.C.’s most iconic landmarks, but did you know there’s more to the Lincoln Memorial than meets the eye? In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax got up ...

While in Washington, D.C., we visited several historic landmarks, including the Lincoln Memorial. The essence of her essay was as follows: As President Lincoln reflected on the lives lost at ...