Abraham Lincoln's 1861 handwritten letter recommending his Black friend William Johnson for a job is now on display at the ...

An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an ...

Christina Shutt, Executive Director, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, joins John Williams to ...

November 6th is a date that has witnessed a variety of significant events throughout history, spanning the realms of politics ...

The Declaration of Independence that Jefferson wrote was still revered, but Jefferson’s personal and political reputation had suffered ups and downs. It was not just that he had been an enslaver, 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 ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is unveiling a new exhibit and book this fall, highlighting Lincoln's life and legacy through a collection of 100 objects. The book, ...

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 ...

In August, history professor Michael Birkner gave a short speech in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, near where President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous address in November 1863. The event was ...