To me, writing is an act of listening. I listen, of course, to what I have already written. And then to something unknown, ...

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

A mural celebrating 169 years since Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "lost speech" in Bloomington was unveiled Thursday ...

"What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago ... ignited Lincoln's march to the presidency and eventually led to emancipation, ...

The newly unveiled Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive No. 1616 and Cheyenne's Big Boy No. 4014 will meet up twice this ...

The writer is executive director of the American Banjo Museum. Monday was Memorial Day, an important day to remember those ...

This year’s Postcard Project begins with Memorial Day and runs through Labor Day, Sept. 1. I anticipate an uptick in the ...

After her release, Mary Todd Lincoln lived a relatively quiet life, although she remained plagued by both psychiatric and ...

Temple was 101 and still writing and reviewing ... called Temple's "Abraham Lincoln: From Skeptic to Prophet" the "best book ever written about Lincoln's religious views." That book, Cornelius ...