When Abraham Lincoln was about 19 years old, he made his first voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers with a load of produce to sell in New Orleans. In ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs honoured black excellence during Black History Month by unveiling a new logo created by prominent artist Toji Nola.

Before he became the president that carried America through the Civil War and emancipated the nation's slaves, Abraham ...

The National Park Service theorizes that a century-old sketch made by a worker in the Lincoln Memorial’s undercroft depicts Theda Bara, silent film’s first “Vamp.” ...

Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the ...

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln held a forum to consider a potential solution to the country's conflict: What if all free Black ...

Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their ...

This is the week we recall the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Although we don’t single out his birthday as a nation any longer, ...

Their decision is expected over the next couple of weeks, before the end of the month.

It’s a question that has plagued historians and journalists for decades. Now, the perpetual debate has reared its head once ...

Norman Hapgood, son of Alton's Hapgood Plow Factory founder, featured Lincoln's rare portrait and autobiography in his 1899 ...