It’s a comfort to remember that the virtues he embodied are fundamentally American.

His horse has been found on the road near Washington. “Washington, April 14 – President Lincoln and wife, with other friends, this evening visited Ford’s Theatre for the purpose of ...

Janet Diaz is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lancaster Mayor in the upcoming primary. Police have arrested a ...

Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts said Tuesday he expects the global trade war spurred by President Donald Trump's tariffs to be ...

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre ...

The Wright Branch Library hosts a book discussion on the 2011 book, “Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed ...

On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

The whole nation had come to lean on ABRAHAM LINCOLN in this dread crisis of its fate with a degree of confidence never accorded to any President since GEORGE WASHINGTON. His love of his country ...

Even 160 years after his assassination, President Lincoln’s death continues to be a subject of fascination for historians—both academic and amateur. Today marks the anniversary of Lincoln’s ...

A free community concert spotlighting the vibrant voices of living American composers will be held in Forest Hills by Quintet ...

The president’s iconic beard was a product of the anxious new realities of the photographic age.