“With malice toward none, with charity for all,” even after four years of horrific war.

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

By: Cris Kohl The big current news is the pending inauguration of a new U. S. president. The Jan. 20 swearing-in of Donald ...

To reclaim the Mississippi River during the Civil War, the Lincoln Administration contacted St. Louis businessman James B.

Delivering a great presidential inaugural address is an art, one that’s been tried by many and achieved by few. It’s a speech that’s meant to unite, inspire and motivate a nation behind their new ...

Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to ...

Redlands’ Lincoln Memorial Shrine will celebrate President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday with its annual open house and the 93rd Watchorn Lincoln Dinner. The free open house, featuring live music, Civil ...

Harry Jaffa suggested that Americans should adopt a “civil religion,” with Lincoln as a quasi-divine figure. This, of course, ...

On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and ...

Several history buffs met in Keokuk Public Library’s Round Room Gallery on Saturday morning where they would be able to peer ...