Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. At 6-foot-4, he would stand out even today, and he certainly towered over the men and women of his era. The top hat he habitually wore in public made him ...

He chose to stand out even more by wearing high top hats. He acquired this one from Washington ... The public did not see the hat again until 1893, when the Smithsonian lent it to an exhibition hosted ...

and Abraham Lincoln’s top hat. Some might wonder if cast-off items from TV shows are worthy of preserving in the same way. But a curator at the Smithsonian once argued that they were just as ...

“Okay folks, someone stole Old Abe’s Top Hat off my Lincoln statue at Waterfront Park in Louisville, Ky!” Hamilton said in his post. “They had to be strong and determined to pry bronze ...