Abraham Lincoln was met with a crowd of thousands when his whistle-stop tour arrived in Columbus, Ohio in 1861. It was during ...

The gunman in a fatal attack at Florida State University had a history of espousing radical right-wing conspiracy theories ...

Last Monday was the most unlucky day in the life of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, thus far ... It was generally believed that his Inaugural Address would be honorably distinguished from those of his ...

Not exactly. It turns out that, for the nation's first inaugural, the Bible was hastily opened to a completely random page. The same thing was done 72 years later when Lincoln was sworn in.

On Thursday, April 10, Dan Hoefler, a retired history teacher and president of the Batavia Historical Society, will discuss the 2006 book “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer,” by ...