Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...

Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were ...

The hedge-fund billionaire also paid a record $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution four years ago.

The larger-than-life legacy of Abraham Lincoln lies, in part, in the smallest special-collections division of the University ...

From left, Kurt Jackson and Kevin Mann, both of Salem, lead the fifth annual Teach Truth walk from Waterworth Memorial Park Saturday morning. The walk was part of nationwide initiatives through the ...

Ken Griffin bought an Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, for $13.7 million, and the Emancipation Proclamation ...

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

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $12 million.

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

One is Lincoln, the other Booth, and the two struggle and hustle to survive in this play, which ends Saturday.

1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

Donald Trump may have crossed a new line but he isn’t the only potty-mouthed president, a tradition that dates all the way ...