President Donald Trump suggested that he could have handled the Civil War better than then-President Abraham Lincoln in a meeting with reporters at The White House on Wednesday. “The Civil War, it ...

Excerpted from "A Just and Generous Nation: Abraham Lincoln and the Fight for American Opportunity" The United States has just concluded a five-year observance of the sesquicentennial of the Civil ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...

The Department of Agriculture has announced that it will host the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall Aug. 3 ...

Discover the Lincoln Memorial's history, design, & significant role in American identity. Explore its power as a symbol of unity, freedom, & civil rights.