For all his modesty and wartime preoccupation, the 16th president was one of the most photographed men of his time, with a ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

The man who ended slavery in America, Abraham LIncoln was born on this day two hundred and sixteen years ago.

Massachusetts is home to the oldest drum company in the United States and one of the oldest in the world. Noble and Cooley in Granville, Mass., has been making drums since 1854, catering to some ...

Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

It’s a question that has plagued historians and journalists for decades. Now, the perpetual debate has reared its head once ...

National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in May 2022. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) I decided, the other evening, to walk to the ...

In the new documentary Lover of Men: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln, a group of scholars argue that the 16th President of the United States had sexual relationships with multiple men during ...

"He came up with a startled look on his face and said, 'Joe, I really think we've got something special here.'" In 2024, a ...

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 ...

Ansary in “Dealmaker-In-Chief.” Abraham Lincoln chose for his cabinet very capable individuals who were his rivals for the Republican nomination to be president: William Seward, Salmon Chase ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two new plays about her, she is finally getting better press. During last ...