No matter your political alignment, the methods of President Donald Trump’s administration should give you some angst — ...
Nearly a century after the Civil Conservation Corps reconstructed the once-thriving village of New Salem where Abraham ...
On April 21, 1865, the train carrying the coffin of President Abraham Lincoln departed Washington, D.C. on its way to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried on May 4.
Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...
The students of Sheridan Elementary School were in for a unique educational experience recently, as Abraham Lincoln himself ...
Abraham Lincoln arrived at the New Salem grist mill along the Sangamon River aboard a flatboat that was sinking.
The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...
For a guy who grew up in a log cabin, Abraham Lincoln was pretty savvy about real estate.
When it comes to Mexican presidents, Benito Juárez is pretty difficult to beat in terms of achievements and legacy.
EDDA L. FIELDS-BLACK is the proud daughter of Eddie Fields, esq., and icon Dorothy Jenkins Fields, founder of the Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater. PHOTO ...
The Feb. 16, 1861, visit was while Lincoln was enroute to his first inauguration and while the nation was on the brink of ...
Koble hopes the memorial stone and tablet will boost community pride and tourism in his hometown.