By the time he sat down with Lincoln in the president’s office, the bishop had honed his message to an unerring directness: Corrupt government dealings with Native Americans led to the Indians ...

In fact, Abraham Lincoln is not seen as much of a hero at all among many American Indian tribes and Native peoples of the United States, as the majority of his policies proved to be detrimental to ...

"What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago ... ignited Lincoln's march to the presidency and eventually led to emancipation, ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...

Though the world knows his Gettysburg Address, it was Abraham Lincoln's speech at a new technical college in New York City that helped propel him to national prominence. In the mid-19th century ...

Speaking of Lincoln, researching that column gave me an excuse to read through a few of his most famous speeches and addresses. As something of a Lincoln admirer — at the very least, I find the ...

On May 29, 1856, it was the site of what has since become known as “Lincoln’s Lost Speech,” a famous gap in Lincoln’s otherwise well documented career as a public speaker. The speech was ...