A massive trove of Abraham Lincoln’s historical writings, keepsakes and personal effects is heading to the auction block in ...

Lincoln and Juárez never met but kept close diplomatic ties for years, likely a factor in covert U.S. help against the ...

The two greatest presidents died in April, 80 years apart, one 80 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, 56, was slain while enjoying a comedy at Ford’s Theatre. After 12 years of a crisis presidency, Franklin ...

Henry W. Bishop II and David Davis, two lawyers who came from Lenox, were friends and colleagues of Abraham Lincoln and received federal court appointments ...

“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

Nathan Koble is personally designing and financing a historical marker to be erected in Lake City this summer.

This year, bills proposing the legalization of medical assisted suicide have been introduced in several other states and are ...

Check out the latest exhibits and events Central Illinois museums, galleries and historic sites have to offer.

_ This April 1865 photo provided by the Library of Congress shows President Abraham Lincoln’s box at Ford’s Theater, ...

Jeopardy!” disrespected the legacy of one of America’s most iconic women by airing a segment April 14 that depicted a ...

Hartke, a Democrat, represented several rural counties in southeastern Illinois in the state House from 1985 until 2003, when ...