Central Illinois is Abraham Lincoln country. Springfield has his law office, the home he owned as an adult, his tomb and the Old State Capitol, where he legislated and spoke. Surrounding regions focus ...
Plenty of past presidents had favorite alcoholic beverages, but Abraham Lincoln preferred to abstain, and his reasoning was ...
Abraham Lincoln's words about the future offer wisdom for today. He led America through the Civil War. Lincoln fought for the ...
Mary Shipman Andrews' 1906 story about Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" sold 600,000 copies and was assigned reading for ...
On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?
There’s an old Bob Newhart routine about Abraham Lincoln. Newhart’s early career featured a stand-up shtick in which he ...
During one of the most personally challenging parts of the Civil War, Lincoln wrote a private “Meditation on the Divine Will.
U.S. President Donald Trump urged Hezbollah to “act nicely and well” during a 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, calling it a ...
Maestro Leonard Slatkin is set to be awarded Ford's Theatre's Lincoln Medal for reflecting the character of President Abraham ...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Wednesday praised the University of Texas as a national leader for its work to ...
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Five receive Order of Lincoln at SIUE ceremony

Among the recipients was former Secretary of State Jesse White.
On April 14, 1865, a man slipped into a theater, waited for a laugh line, and changed the shape of American memory.