Observer welcomes Louis Masur who writes and lectures about a range of topics including Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, the Founding Fathers, visual culture, and the history of Rock and Roll.

A 1915 silent film — thought to be lost forever — was discovered in a pile of old donations, now you can see this rare piece of history.

America has a rich history of third parties in politics. The Republican party started off as a third party and quickly became ...

As Black History Month returns, students at Lincoln University – the nation’s first degree-granting historically Black ...

Phillip Stone, a Harrisonburg lawyer who has served as president of Bridgewater College and Sweet Briar College, holds an ...

This Presidents Day, on Monday, Feb. 17, at 2 p.m., The Park Theatre in Jaffrey will host a free screening of the 1930 classic film “Abraham Lincoln” directed by D.W.

Abraham Lincoln had to eat, sleep and put money in the bank just like everyone else. Now you can see the transactions and bank movements he ...

Anthony Julius' biography of Abraham argues for the duality of the first Jew, with one life based in reason and another in ...

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

Historians consistently rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest U.S. president. Without his leadership and political brilliance, ...

A 1915 silent film about Abraham Lincoln was thought to be lost forev­er before being found in a warehouse on New York’s Long Island. Dan Martin, a summer intern at Historic Films Archive in Greenport ...

It’s a slip, not a fall,” Abraham Lincoln said after his loss in his legendary 1858 Illinois Senate contest against Stephen Douglas. Liz Cheney apparently has the same attitude after her ...