This week, our nation celebrated the Fourth of July. It was not only an opportunity for families and friends to get together and enjoy fireworks and barbecues, it was also a chance to reflect on this ...

Travel is not always about visiting the best beaches, engaging in wild adventures, and downing sunset cocktails. It can also ...

Four and a half months later, on Nov. 19, 1863, a crowd of about 15,000 gathered at Gettysburg to consecrate a new Civil War cemetery. The story’s headline in The New York Times makes clear who ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — In 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was the site of what would be the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. 159 years later, thousands journey to this community steeped in ...

An original, handwritten edition of the Gettysburg Address, one of five authored by Abraham Lincoln, will be on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum from Friday to Nov. 28.

After researching Wilkeson’s career for a book on Gettysburg’s awful aftermath, I believe that Lincoln heavily embedded the reporter’s story into the Nov. 19, 1863, Gettysburg Address.

There are five known manuscript copies of the Gettysburg Address, each slightly different. What’s termed the Bliss version is considered by many to be the standard text; Lincoln wrote it in 1864 ...

Seven score and 18 years ago on Friday, Abraham Lincoln stood on the grounds of a new cemetery in battle-scarred Gettysburg, Pa., to honor the Union men who had given a “last full measure of ...

When the address is displayed this year, new features will make it more accessible to people with visual impairments. By scanning QR codes with their mobile phones, visitors will be able to hear a ...