Lincoln is considered one of our greatest presidents for ending slavery and guiding the nation through the Civil War. He is ...

A century and a half after Phillips Brooks wrote this haunting carol, there is much once again to lament, fear and grieve.

The authorized edition of the historical text is part of Christie's upcoming "We the People: America at 250" auction, which ...

The Treasury Department unveiled new coins celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. They failed to include planned designs ...

An October conference examined the legacy of the Siege of Petersburg, a grim episode in America’s “great single tragic event.

Through the most bloody war in American history to date, Lincoln unleashed an inchoate “secret constitution” that began to ...

This creamy, decadent, casserole-like side dish was traditionally served alongside steak, and likely dates back to 1838, ...

By Tom Emery On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered his incomparable Gettysburg Address. A Carrollton man was on stage with Lincoln during the moment. James Fry had been part of the President’s ...

Americans have looked to the Declaration of Independence when they sought to remedy contemporary problems and create new ...

At the lowest point of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln characterized the core factor between victory and defeat as finding a general who understood the “awful arithmetic” of war. War is a contest of ...

Dan Shannon of Anderson Township has created a national contest to find the best poem about America. Poet Thomas Buchanan Read wrote the famous Civil War poem “Sheridan’s Ride” in Cincinnati, first ...