"Jack was sent here to be killed and eaten for this very Christmas," Lincoln his distraught son. "I can’t help it," he replied. "He’s a good turkey, and I don’t want him killed." As always ...

Lincoln had granted clemency to a turkey named Jack belonging to his son Tad Lincoln, that had originally been slated to be gobbled up at the family's Christmas dinner in 1863. But the annual ...

Steven Spielberg’s movie, “Lincoln,” opens today in Hutchinson. As much as emancipation of the slaves is part of Lincoln’s legacy, he should also be remembered as the “father of ...