Since an estimated 15,000 to 18,000 books have been written about Old Abe, I doubt that his life and life experience continue ...

In 1837, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln met a 23-year-old shopkeeper named Joshua Speed in Springfield, Illinois. The two became ...

When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before ...

These inspirational Abraham Lincoln quotes are just as relevant today as they were in his time Abraham Lincoln quotes to ...

Families visiting The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino will find so much to do and ...

An annual National Day of Prayer event is set for Thursday, May 1 at the Alameda County Fairgrounds Amphitheater. This year ...

It’s a comfort to remember that the virtues he embodied are fundamentally American.

IN THE CHAPTER about literary Newport in his history of the town, Edmund Wheeler wrote with great admiration about Sarah ...

Issued to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent, the U.S. Mint released four unique reverse designs in 2009, each depicting a ...

Abraham Lincoln died 160 years ago today at Ford’s Theater, cut down by the rabidly pro-slavery actor named John Wilkes Booth. With Lincoln on that fateful night were several Irish, including ...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present and surface delightful treasures. Sign up here. Looking at a picture of Abraham ...