Tampa's 48th mayor, Julian B. Lane, played a role in the Civil Rights Movement as one of the first southern mayors to support racial integration.

Names are tricky things. What was the federal holiday at the start of this week? Most people say “Presidents Day,” but there ...

A piece of American history, “The Heart of Lincoln,” has been recovered and preserved indefinitely in Long Island. NBC states ...

The holiday hasn’t been celebrated on Washington’s actual birthday of Feb. 22, or any other president’s birthday, for more ...

Chervinsky called for the US to cancel Presidents Day, arguing that instead citizens should “celebrate actions” and that it ...

Before he became the president that carried America through the Civil War and emancipated the nation's slaves, Abraham ...

Lincoln was sailing up the Great Lakes on his way home from Congress in 1848 when he witnessed another steamer that was aground. The scene led Lincoln to develop an invention to float ships off shoals ...

Many of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Dennis Quaid, Anthony Hopkins and Josh Brolin, have played former presidents in ...

On Presidents Day we are reminded of Abraham Lincoln’s commitment to reconciliation and rehabilitation, rather than retribution and revenge, as a mark of leadership.

Fewer workers get Presidents Day as a holiday compared to days like Christmas and Thanksgiving. One economist suggests why it ...

Abraham Lincoln won four electoral votes in New Jersey in 1860, with three electors pledged to a fusion ticket that would ...

An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected ...