When I finished reading the preface to Stacy Lynn's Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln's Life ...

Starring a three-time Oscar winner as the protagonist, the Steven Spielberg directorial is considered to be a 'masterpiece' ...

World-renowned Abraham Lincoln scholars, including Michael Burlingame, will speak at a symposium at Cantigny Park on Saturday, June 21. Organized by the Abraham Lincoln Association, each speaker ...

Steven Spielberg's acclaimed historical drama film Lincoln is available to stream for free and stars an unrecognisable three time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis in the lead role ...

Before the presidency, Donald Trump made a name for himself in the media as a real estate and business mogul, hosting the ...

Explore the top 9 most popular monuments in the USA, from the Statue of Liberty to the Lincoln Memorial. Discover the history ...

Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...

We Americans believe we so fully understand Abraham Lincoln’s contribution to our nation’s beliefs about slavery and freedom that his role in shaping our uniquely American vision of a just and ...

Born in 1809, Lincoln was living in New Salem, Illinois by 1831. Then in his early 20s — and long before his career as a politician — Abraham Lincoln was a complete unknown.

In our age of distraction, the arts appear to be responding in kind, shrinking and streamlining themselves to capture what ...

America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates is as much critique as celebration, writes documentary filmmaker. While Bates’ ...

Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an ...