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“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.
US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre ...
Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...
The president’s iconic beard was a product of the anxious new realities of the photographic age.
Secretary of State William Seward was attacked but ultimately survived. Image via Utah Digital Newspapers, the University of ...
Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic ...
Armistice Day in 1930 brought a massive crowd to downtown Spokane to see the unveiling of the Abraham Lincoln statue at Main ...
Hosted by Williams Collection of Lincolniana archivist Kaelynn Edmondson and Susannah J. Ural, the Frank and Virginia ...
“The American Civil War has an official end date, and that end date is August 1866,” Vorenberg said. Notably, the official ...
In the past 23 years, the project has hosted several events related to Lincoln's life and legacy, including — since 2021 — ...
Abraham Lincoln’s blood-stained leather gloves are headed for auction - Auctioneers in Chicago hope to get $4m for 140 items owned by Civil War president ...
Lincoln and Juárez never met but kept close diplomatic ties for years, likely a factor in covert U.S. help against the ...