History is full of examples of nations paying out to compensate for slavery. But the money never went to those who suffered ...

Our first history program of the year will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m., at the Vernon County History Center in ...

Did Donald Trump win the 2024 election by the widest margin of any Republican president in history? According to a recent X ...

"By finding these names, we are releasing them to give back these enslaved people some of their dignity," said Sarah Bader-King, executive director of the John Wornall House Museum.

His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And where Washington and Lincoln had arrived at moments freighted with destiny ...

Thus begins Edgar DeWitt Jones’ book "Lincoln and the Preachers" (1948). During the period of 1849 to 1860 Abraham Lincoln spent more time in Bloomington than any other place, except his home in ...

In a quarter-century legal career, Abraham Lincoln accepted all types of casework, ranging from real estate to murder — and ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

Over the years, the town hall has hosted town meetings, plays, concerts, dances, and even roller skating and a boxing match.

The coalition collapse that doomed Biden follows a grim precedent set by another Democratic leader: Jimmy Carter.

A fracture point was reached in 1860 when Abraham Lincoln, an opponent of slavery, was elected to the presidency, spurring several state legislatures to openly debate an act of secession from the ...