Abraham Lincoln faced challenges that dwarf many or all of today’s crises, yet his leadership transcended the moment, leaving ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He ...

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Katherine Jane Chase, daughter of Lincoln's Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase, was a social and political rival of Mary Todd ...

Trump's habit is to treat Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but something of a political contemporary. And a flawed one ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

If any woman was ever born to be the first lady of the United States, it was Kate. Glitteringly beautiful and dazzlingly ...

If any woman was ever born to be the first lady of the United States, it was Kate. Glitteringly beautiful and dazzlingly ...

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US President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients at a ceremony in Washington on Saturday.The Medal of ...

Author Erik Larson, one of the most popular authors of non-fiction history, joins us to discuss his new book The Demon of ...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, will be eulogized at a state funeral Thursday at the National ...