Five weeks after Fort Sumter, the official starting point of the war, Ellsworth’s Fire Zouaves received the command to sail ...

Washington, D.C. landmarks are some of the most recognizable in the world. The lively capital of the United States is home to a treasure trove of iconic landmarks, from grand monuments and majestic ...

The bond between the president and his dog has become an iconic part of American politics. Here is perhaps the most famous “U ...

NPR’s Morning Edition host and author Steve Inskeep visits the ACPL to discuss his book Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded ...

An evil, red-eyed Abe Lincoln is infecting video games, but not really. All of these "Let's Play" YouTube videos are actually generated with AI. Regardless, they're going viral. Here's why.

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

On a Saturday evening in 1838, a young Illinois state legislator ascended the pulpit of his hometown Baptist church to deliver a lecture before the Springfield Young Men’s Lyceum. Abraham Lincoln’s ...

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 ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

We know a lot about Abraham Lincoln: he was born to illiterate parents in a Kentucky log cabin, he executed the Emancipation Declaration in 1863, and, in presidential terms, he was enormously tall. We ...

It was Sunday, Sept. 7, when Kevin Kelly, owner of the Houmas House plantation between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, learned that his antique, solid silver statue of Abraham Lincoln had been stolen.

ASCENSION PARISH, La. — Three people were arrested Thursday in in connection with the theft of a silver Abraham Lincoln statue from the Houmas House and Gardens in Darrow, according to the Ascension ...