OVERVIEW: Abraham Lincoln’s presidency was defined by the Civil War. Before he even took office ... between Lincoln and another wartime president: George W. Bush. The Learning Activities ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln ... and the Civil War began. Lincoln acted swiftly, wielding more authority than any president before him: he appropriated ...

Trump's habit is to treat Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but something of a political contemporary. And a flawed one at that.

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate his essential contributions to our country, let's ...

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s ...

On November 19, 1863, near the site of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln offered a short but seminal vision of the past and promise of the United States in ...

The story of President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train will be the topic for the Vernon County Historical Society’s first ...

When President Abraham Lincoln ... Yet critics have faulted Lincoln for waiting so long — more than 20 months after the Civil War began — to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

In April 1865 carpenters constructed this velvet-draped bier, known as the Lincoln catafalque, to display the murdered president’s ... Lincoln and the Civil War are still a touchstone for ...

Harry Jaffa suggested that Americans should adopt a “civil religion,” with Lincoln as a quasi-divine figure. This, of course, ...

An Emancipation Day Parade will be held in Charleston on Wednesday to commemorate the decree issued by President Abraham Lincoln that changed the trajectory of America and the Civil War.

National Museum of American History Abraham Lincoln's Watch, around 1858 National Museum of African American History and Culture Photograph of James Brown, Civil War veteran, with a picture of Abraham ...