The president's humble speech, delivered on this day in 1863, was filled with profound reverence for the Union's ideals—and ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. The next day, newspapers such as The Inquirer re-printed ...

Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...

In fact, Lincoln made Thanksgiving an official federal holiday in 1863 in the midst of the bloody turmoil of the American ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, stood at a Pennsylvania cemetery and shared his hope for the ...

Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...