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

In the 1850s, as disunion loomed and tempers frayed, so many members of Congress carried weapons into the legislature that a senator said, “The only persons who don’t have a ...

"President Trump will stand at the podium in a time of deep division and great challenge," David Adler writes in his weekly ...

Free speech and national security can often conflict. During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln prevented newspapers from ...

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

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

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

During the months between his election and his inauguration as America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln avoided saying ...

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 ...

Although the Battle of Antietam is a much-studied encounter, Budiansky’s consideration of nine people caught up in the battle and its aftermath is thoughtful and insightful.

US President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients at a ceremony in Washington on Saturday, January 4.The Medal of Freedom is given to “great leaders who have made America a better ...