Nauvoo now has on display an exhibit chronicling the fight to end slavery in illinois, centered around abraham lincoln.

The following is an edited, excerpted version of Maureen McKinney’s interview with her longtime friend Stacy Lynn, about the ...

These inspirational Abraham Lincoln quotes are just as relevant today as they were in his time Abraham Lincoln quotes to ...

Prophetic Statesmanship is worth reading as an example of the misplaced ingenuity with which intelligent scholars can defend ...

Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...

While at the Library of Congress, Ari Siegel encountered a handwritten letter from Abraham Lincoln, and said the experience taught him that primary source documents were the key to learning history.

When Ari Siegel took the stage on a recent episode of “Shark Tank,” he was dressed as Abraham Lincoln, but with a Jewish twist: His outfit featured a kippah and a kapota, the black robe ...

After leaving office in 1981, Carter dedicated his life to helping others, and this legacy is reflected in the many Jimmy Carter quotes that live on to this day. His deeply held beliefs about ...

In 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln died of an assassin's bullet fired the night before at Ford's Theatre in Washington. Vice President Andrew Johnson was sworn in as chief executive.

Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/Tomishige/The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images Tuesday is the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. That grim milestone invites speculation ...