Abraham Lincoln was met with a crowd of thousands when his whistle-stop tour arrived in Columbus, Ohio in 1861. It was during ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford ... “Washington, April 14 – President Lincoln and wife, with other friends, this evening visited Ford’s Theatre for the purpose of witnessing ...

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia that day to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at a home in ...

Abraham Lincoln, who would not be elected president for another six years, mused about the purpose of the government he would one day save. He concluded that “the legitimate object of government, is ...

Even as we confront political vindictiveness and policy decisions without apparent logic or grounding in reality, having had Abraham Lincoln as president reminds us that there was, and remains ...

On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln” features items from the Lincoln Presidential Foundation, dating from the president’s early life through his death. All pieces came to the ...

Gloves worn by President Lincoln on the night of his death, estimated to sell for between $800,000 and $1.2 million. “Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln ...