Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is ...

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Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad ...

National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at ... the southern wall and his second inaugural address on the northern one. Lincoln gave that latter speech on ...

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

When the clock strikes noon Monday, the office of the presidency will be transferred from the 46th president ... as well as the Lincoln Bible, which was used to swear in Abraham Lincoln in 1861.

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for ... As the nation approaches the second inauguration Monday of President-elect Donald Trump, it also nears the 160th anniversary of Lincoln ...

Presidential inaugurations show the world ... to put the "united" back into the United States after a contentious campaign. Abraham Lincoln, 1861: "We are not enemies, but friends ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two ...