Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford ... “Washington, April 14 – President Lincoln and wife, with other friends, this evening visited Ford’s Theatre for the purpose of witnessing ...

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

The whole nation had come to lean on ABRAHAM LINCOLN in this dread crisis of its fate with a degree of confidence never accorded to any President since GEORGE WASHINGTON. His love of his country ...

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia that day to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at a home in ...

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

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

On April 15, 2019, a devastating fire collapsed the roof and spire of Notre Dame Cathedral, but fire officials said they managed to avoid the total destruction of one of Paris' most recognizable ...

Even as we confront political vindictiveness and policy decisions without apparent logic or grounding in reality, having had Abraham Lincoln as president reminds us that there was, and remains ...