The white-leather gloves are stained with blood from the night the slain president wore them to the theater.

Twelve days after President Lincoln's historic visit to Richmond, his assassin's journey ended in the small town of Port ...

Darren Criss plops into a swivel chair, directly across from “Oh, Mary!” creator Cole Escola, and stashes his phone between ...

Joshua Claybourn, an attorney with Jackson Kelly PLLC in Evansville, said that growing up just a few miles away from where Abraham Lincoln spent a good majority of his childhood, it was easy to become ...

Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in history, played at W.J. Reeder & Son's shoe repair shop in Upper Alton as a child.

The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. As a student of leadership, I found it one of the most insightful books on the theme. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and ...

Abraham Lincoln remains one of America’s enduring figures and most famous presidents. However, one man does not exist in a ...

“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

Those selected would receive up to $200,000 to create one of the 250 sculptures, which will be paid for in part with canceled ...

SPRINGFIELD Twelve Illinois students who brought new dimensions to their artwork were named winners of the annual art contest ...