The first lady refused to see all but a select group of visitors and feuded with officials from Springfield, Illinois, over the president’s burial site.

Public Square has been called the city’s center, its stage for history, and, in many ways, its emotional heartbeat.

Throughout American history, certain funerals have transcended mourning to become collective acts of remembrance. From ...

The 20th President of the United States had the potential to be one of the greats, according to many – until his ...

This year is the 20th annual This I Believe essay contest for high school seniors, sponsored by NPR Illinois. Modeled after ...

The funeral train of President Abraham Lincoln rests under a decorative archway at the Monon Station in Michigan City on May 1, 1865. Along with several major cities, Michigan City was one of the ...

In the spring of 1859, Chicago businessman George Pullman visited the railroad shops on Bloomington’s west side in order to build a prototype sleeping car, an ambitious venture that eventually gave ...

It was 1859. The analogies to the current state of American politics are not precise and even paradoxical. To begin with, John Brown, though crazy and bloodthirsty, was on the right side of history.

Oh, Bernie. Bless his heart — or at least whatever part of it still thinks Abraham Lincoln was on Team Socialist. Yes, in a moment that can only be described as historical revisionism with extra ...

There's a new meme that's infecting TikTok right now, based on a fake "Abraham Lincoln Virus," which unleashes an onslaught of pop-ads and errors when an unlucky gamer comes across it in video games ...

President Donald Trump couldn’t help but favorably compare himself to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in a rambling speech in the Rose Garden on Tuesday. “Hey, they didn’t put out eight wars, ...

A candle left burning in a basement is suspected to be the cause of a fire in southeast Lincoln on Saturday, according to Lincoln Fire and Rescue spokeswoman MJ Lierman. The Lancaster County Sheriff’s ...