That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

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.

Feb. 12 is Lincoln's Birthday, a legal state holiday in Connecticut. The post office will remain open, but entities like the ...

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

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 ...

In honor of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, which is Feb. 12, I offer the best local story I know about the man who many believe ...

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

It was in Tolono, a place Lincoln had visited a dozen or more times and where he had many friends, that the president-elect ...

After going into the locker room, down six at the break Abraham Lincoln coach Jason Isaacson challenged his team to up the physicality. They did. The Lynx made a 10-3 run to start the second half ...