Historians consistently rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest U.S. president. Without his leadership and political brilliance, ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

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

When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The name Presidents Day became the unofficial name with the changing the date of the holiday, according to the National Archives. With the holiday moved to the ...

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

In a legal career that spanned nearly a quarter century, Abraham Lincoln accepted all ... In the other known McLean County case, decided in 1850, Lincoln and Asahel Gridley represented Lee Allin ...

Johnston & Murphy has hand crafted a custom pair of shoes for every American president from Millard Fillmore in 1850 to Joe Biden ... on their selection.” Abraham Lincoln had the largest foot ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything ... Was she first unhinged by grief in 1850, when she lost her son Eddie at age three to tuberculosis? Or was it the loss of a second ...

It happened in 1850, when Harriet Araminta Tubman ... the Black community was already celebrating the historic achievements on the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (2/12) and Frederick Douglass (2/14). Dr ...

"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.