On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music ...

My head has been swimming with strange Abraham Lincoln facts since I did a school report on him in 2nd grade. I still ...

Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is frequently invoked by Trump.

"I have lost this battle because my force was too small. The Government must not & cannot hold me responsible for the result . . . . I have seen too many dead & wounded comrades to feel otherwise than ...