LINCOLN TO BE REMEMBERED IN PEEKSKILL The Lincoln Society and the Lincoln Depot Museum in Peekskill will co-sponsor a ...

Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural took place in an atmosphere of crisis and foreboding, heightened by the armed troops that patrolled the streets and the Capitol grounds. South Carolina seceded from ...

Abraham Lincoln’s major speeches as president—at both inaugurals and at Gettysburg—focused on large themes, in particular human nature and God’s will, as well as the character of the nation. The hard ...

President Barack Obama used Abraham Lincoln’s and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Bibles at his swearing in ceremony in 2013, two presidents used a chair George Washington sat in at his inaugural and George ...

Read hidden sides of the iconic leader, Abraham Lincoln, who shaped U.S. history. Check the 7 lesser-known Abraham Lincoln facts about his unique life and legacy in this article.

John Wilkes Booth, who shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln, once reportedly said his worst nightmare was an African-American becoming president of the United States. Well, that nightmare came ...

George Washington delivered his first inaugural address before a joint session of Congress in New York City’s Federal Hall on April 30, 1789. Washington, stepping into the newly created role of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, which led to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, slicing travel time across the continent from ...

At his inauguration on January 20, 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower took an unprecedented step: after taking the oath of office, he led the nation in prayer. During his prayer, which historian ...