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

In the day, "assassination" meant a surprise attack, not necessarily a murder. But from the very first dispatches from Washington that the Herald published, it was clear Lincoln would not survive.

There was a time when the name “Walter Gorthy” was well known in the Cadillac area because of the incredible role he played ...

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

It took nearly two weeks for far-flung Montana to learn the news of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865. Here's how it was reported at the time.

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

Roger Q. Mason’s stage play and film Lavender Men considers Abraham Lincoln's love life and interrogates American mythology.

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

A kindergarten art teacher has left internet viewers in stitches after sharing her students' unexpectedly emotional reaction to learning about the fate of former President Abraham Lincoln. Cal ...

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

The assassination of one Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband, and the shooting of another lawmaker and his ...

Titled “ The New Art: American Photography, 1839-1910 ,” the show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City features more than 250 photographs that capture “the complexities of a nation in ...