On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

Actor Alec Baldwin took to Instagram on Tuesday night to inform his followers that he believes America is in a 'pre-Civil War ...

"Lincoln’s Peace" examines the difficulty in turning wartime victory into solving the political and social problems that led to fighting in the first place.

The two greatest presidents died in April, 80 years apart, one 80 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, 56, was slain while enjoying a comedy at Ford’s Theatre. After 12 years of a crisis presidency, Franklin ...

The tiny central Illinois village, where Lincoln accidentally spent half-a-dozen years in the 1830s, perhaps did as much to prepare him to be the Union-saving 16th president as any other aspect of his ...

In the past 23 years, the project has hosted several events related to Lincoln's life and legacy, including — since 2021 — the Lincoln Days Civil War Reenactment. The event happens each June at ...

Armistice Day in 1930 brought a massive crowd to downtown Spokane to see the unveiling of the Abraham Lincoln statue at Main ...

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

Lincoln and Juárez never met but kept close diplomatic ties for years, likely a factor in covert U.S. help against the invasion of Mexico.

Tomorrow will be the 250th anniversary of the “ shot heard ‘round the world ” that began the American Revolution. Next year, ...

“The American Civil War has an official end date, and that end date is August 1866,” Vorenberg said. Notably, the official ...