Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate his essential contributions to our country, let's ...

SACRAMENTO — A lost family heirloom that dates back to the Civil War has returned to its rightful owners in Sacramento. A framed portrait of Abraham Lincoln dates back to 1865. It was the same ...

Finally, constitutionally and politically, Lincoln had to grapple with the evolving meaning of the Civil War ... he argued that the war must lead to “a new birth of freedom” or it would have been ...

Most days, a little-known 19 th-century portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Solomon Nunes Carvalho (1815-1895) is tucked away in archival storage at Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum. But on ...

OVERVIEW: Abraham Lincoln’s presidency was defined by the Civil War. Before he even took office—and largely because of his election—southern states were seceding from the Union, and he would ...

Civil War veteran, with a picture of Abraham Lincoln National Portrait Gallery Abraham Lincoln National Museum of American History Lincoln Parade Axe, 1860 National Museum of American History Abraham ...

furnished the Oval Office after stepping into the presidency, he included a bust and a portrait of Abraham Lincoln ... a hotelier in Virgina before the Civil War, was hired by the Union as ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham ... after Lincoln took office, Confederate forces fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, and the Civil War began.

This episode originally aired on May 2, 2024. What lessons can the five months leading up to the Civil War teach us about the political landscape of today? A new book delves into that short span of ...