Many of the new artifacts carry the weight of history, but also the freedom stories and intimate histories of the families ...

A look at what happened April 7-12, 1861, before the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The shots fired ...

Armistice Day in 1930 brought a massive crowd to downtown Spokane to see the unveiling of the Abraham Lincoln statue at Main Avenue and Monroe Street. It had been a long time coming. The Lincoln ...

The idea of Dr. Etcheson’s book being turned into a documentary film was brought to Gudaitis Production in 2019 when Jim ...

Before Salmon P. Chase was Secretary of the Treasury and Supreme Court chief justice, he was a Cincinnati attorney defending fugitive slave cases.

On my periodic trips to Atlanta, I often stop at one of my favorite bookstores, A Capella Books near Inman Park. During my ...

The state of Illinois is committing $8 million to repair caved-in roofs and other damaged structures at Lincoln’s New Salem Historic Site.

Composer and Department of Music faculty member David Peoples said four past projects led to the evolution of the hour-long ...

Actor Alec Baldwin took to Instagram on Tuesday night to inform his followers that he believes America is in a 'pre-Civil war ...

Libraries will offer the public a chance to step back in time and learn more about the assassination of President Abraham ...

The tiny central Illinois village, where Lincoln accidentally spent half-a-dozen years in the 1830s, perhaps did as much to ...