A Florida bill that has momentum this legislative session would put Abraham Lincoln and George Washington portraits in a ...
Barack Obama, who will be sworn in as the nation's 44th -- and first African-American -- president Tuesday. And the obsession is certainly not lost on the president-elect. On January 10, he and his ...
Samuel J. Seymour was just five years old when he sat in the balcony at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 and heard the ...
A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) in Springfield. The historic ...
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its strike group pulled into Guam’s Apra Harbor on Thursday, the ship’s first visit to the island since 2024. The Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by the ...
When Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and his wife MK visited Pope Leo XIV in Rome in mid-November, the first couple brought along some Illinois-themed “good tidings” for the Chicago-born pontiff. There was ...
The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the ...
Portrait of American President Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) (painted by George P. Healy, mid-late 1800s), (Photo by Katherine Young/Getty Images) In his 2007 book “Land of Lincoln: Adventures in ...
A newly donated handwritten note from 1861 sheds light on Lincoln’s stance against racial prejudice in the White House is now on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. A ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The short, handwritten note is a typical letter of reference for a man seeking a job. But the author is the president of the United States. Other WRAL Top Stories It is also ...
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 ...