March 4, 1861 - Nebraska’s Capitol City’s name sake, Abraham Lincoln, gave his first inaugural address on March 4, 1861.

As America turns 250 years old in 2026, CBS News Chicago is looking back at two presidents who called Illinois home.

In this lesson, students interrogate their own assumptions about Abraham Lincoln in order to arrive at a deeper understanding of who Lincoln was. They investigate primary source documents in order to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The upcoming documentary 'Lover of Men' features interviews with scholars, historians and Abraham Lincoln experts Abraham ...

Watch the first trailer for Season 4 of Expedition Files, featuring explorer Josh Gates delving into historical mysteries, ...

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, March 11, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announced today that Richard Carwardine, author of Righteous Strife: How Warring ...

Was Abraham Lincoln the original log cabin Republican? We hear tell that a new documentary on Honest Abe posits that the 16th president was gay. Promo copy for the new project, “Lover of Men: The ...

CHICAGO — Today is the birthday of Benjamin Harrison, the 23 rd U.S. president and the only president ever elected from the state of Indiana, which is not far from where I’m writing this morning.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - November 6, 1860. Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States. His election was among the reasons that led to the secession of the southern states and ...

A 1912 Geneva city document suggests that Abraham Lincoln had visited the town and spoken outside a former courthouse. Geneva History Museum Executive Director Terry Emma said the document was ...