On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

“The American Civil War has an official end date, and that end date is August 1866,” Vorenberg said. Notably, the official ...

The president’s iconic beard was a product of the anxious new realities of the photographic age.

Lincoln and Juárez never met but kept close diplomatic ties for years, likely a factor in covert U.S. help against the ...

Secretary of State William Seward was attacked but ultimately survived. Image via Utah Digital Newspapers, the University of ...

Armistice Day in 1930 brought a massive crowd to downtown Spokane to see the unveiling of the Abraham Lincoln statue at Main ...

Abraham Lincoln’s blood-stained leather gloves are headed for auction - Auctioneers in Chicago hope to get $4m for 140 items ...

Hosted by Williams Collection of Lincolniana archivist Kaelynn Edmondson and Susannah J. Ural, the Frank and Virginia ...

In the past 23 years, the project has hosted several events related to Lincoln's life and legacy, including — since 2021 — the Lincoln Days Civil War Reenactment. The event happens each June at ...

Libraries will offer the public a chance to step back in time and learn more about the assassination of President Abraham ...