Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...

In grade school, I lived in Springfield, Illinois. When family or friends visited, we would invariably take them to see ...

America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates is as much critique as celebration, writes documentary filmmaker. While Bates’ ...

Lot 62 is a sepia-colored carte de visite of Lincoln, boldly signed by him as “A. Lincoln” and PSA/DNA slabbed and graded ...

According to myth, the ghost of George Washington cursed anyone serving more than four years. But a nonconsecutive second ...

Donald Trump faces a more immediate historical burden that has plagued so many presidents: the "second term curse".

In a time of tense partisan clashes, Capitol Hill has a trusted leader in Jane L. Campbell, president and CEO of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Campbell’s focus is far from skirmishes but rather ...

While he likes to provoke opponents with the possibility of serving a third term, Donald Trump faces a more immediate ...

President Donald Trump on Friday revealed he would bomb Iran again if Tehran were enriching uranium and warned Ayatollah Ali ...

From Abraham Lincoln's appetite for apples to Mark Twain’s odes to oysters, these are some of the surprising favourite foods ...