Several historical sites with ties to the 16th president are marking his birthday on Wednesday with special events.

“Now He Belongs to the Ages,” about President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train. Lincoln lived in Springfield, Illinois, when he was elected to the presidency in 1860. In early 1861, he ...

The story of President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train will be the topic for the Vernon County Historical Society’s first free public program of 2025. Civil War historian and re-enactor Frederick ...

All across Illinois, state historic sites are celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. The Illinois Department of Natural ...

Rene was living refutation of the foul slanders by political apologists for imperialism who denounce opposition to Zionism ...

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

Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 ...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, will be eulogized at a state funeral Thursday at the National Cathedral and later by private family services and interment in Plains, Georgia.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States and a renowned humanitarian, died at 100 years old on Dec. 29, 2024.

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The tradition, however, was largely altered back in 1865 during the funeral of President Abraham Lincoln. “It was the first time that the President's body was moved by train," Michael Shymanski ...

A procession that begins at the president’s home makes its way to the US Capitol to have the coffin placed on the same platform used since it held Abraham Lincoln’s, then a state funeral at ...