Discover Lincoln’s life through 100 rare artifacts in a new exhibit and book at the Springfield museum, part of its 20th anniversary celebration.

America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, on this day in history, Feb. 12, 1809. Lincoln grew up in a poor family, the son of a Kentucky frontiersman — and ...

Newsweek Columnist, Vice President of Content at Salem Media Group and host of "Our American Stories" "He had won the war. Richmond fell on April 3rd, Lee surrendered on April 9th, and Lincoln gave ...

Illinois is known as the 'Land of Lincoln' because of Abraham Lincoln’s profound connection and political career there.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The birthday of Abraham Lincoln, who served as the 16th President of the United States and was known as “The Great Emancipator,” is Sunday, Feb. 12. According to History.com, ...

Kentuckians know the Bluegrass State is the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, but the Commonwealth was also home to his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. In fact, her family lived in a Georgian abode in downtown ...

AND THERE WAS LIGHT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE by Jon Meacham, Random House, 676 pages, $40 Every generation gets its own Abraham Lincoln biography. But if time seems to move faster ...

Bobby Poirier and J.B. Waterman depict Capt. David Derickson and Abraham Lincoln in "Lover of Men." (Special Occasion Studios) Debates over Abraham Lincoln's private life have lingered for years, but ...