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

Jeff Kluever, former Allen County Historical Society director and avid Civil War historian, will be in Iola April 26 to talk ...

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 ...

Those involved in unleashed political fighting today should learn from this end-of-war, Easter season moment from York history.

Trump Dinner.” My question is: What does Donald Trump have in common with Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan? After 750,000 ...

Ashley became the driving force for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, legally ending slavery forever. [Jerry Klinger] ...

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

In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the ...

It seems as if Tammany Hall, the most well-known example of a “political machine,” has faded into the void at the center of ...