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

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.

Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the dissolution of the Union with all the political ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

It is unlikely that anyone watching Monday’s presidential inaugural will spend much time thinking about the changing of the ...

OVERVIEW: Abraham Lincoln’s presidency was defined by the Civil War. Before he even took office—and largely because of his election—southern states were seceding from the Union, and he would ...

In this lesson, students interrogate their own assumptions about Abraham Lincoln in order to arrive at a deeper understanding of who Lincoln was. They investigate primary source documents in order ...

In 1859, just one year after the famous Senate debates that catapulted Abraham Lincoln to national prominence, he wrote, “I do not think of myself fit for the presidency.” Lincoln ...