Lincoln News

Barbara Wysocki moderates the debates for the 13th Congressional District at the Champaign City Building on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014.

In this photo made on Thursday, March 6, 2014, Tammy Myers, who runs the American Civil War Wax Museum for FutureStake Inc., stands beside shelves of heads of characters from the museum in Gettysburg, Pa.

A suburban Chicago man is building a replica of the train that transported the body of Abraham Lincoln from Washington to his final resting place in Springfield, Illinois so that another generation can experience its historic journey.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESSUlysses S. Grant's 1864 promotion to lieutenant general left him in charge of all Union armies.

The cryptic note penned by Abraham Lincoln identifies its recipient only as "my dear Sir" and has a small section carefully clipped out.

Historians believe they've unraveled the mystery of a cryptic note Abraham Lincoln penned that doesn't identify the recipient by name and has a section clipped out.

Long-standing friends Sammie Hallgren, Kirsta Graf and Tessah Indlecoffer at the Winter Week pepfest on Jan. 31. Kirsta Graf is well known among her peers and the faculty at Mounds View High School for her exuberance, positive attitude and her unwavering commitment to her school.

This International Women's Day, a short tribute to just five of the great American women who shaped our world and stand as heroic figures.

The film called "The Address" follows the 50 boys at the Greenwood School in Putney who have learning disabilities as they struggle to learn and recite the words uttered by Abraham Lincoln in 1863.

The "Alone" promo shows Daryl and Beth holding hands at a cemetery, then on the run; but Maggie, Bob and Sasha are stuck in a creepy mist.

The short skirt showed off her gorgeous legs while wearing her exquisite beige and black Chanel flats, the fashion house for whom she is a brand ambassador of their beauty line.

Abraham Lincoln said, "The best way to predict your future is to create it." So what kind of future is being created in Delhi Township? How will we get there? And who is the future Delhi Township for? The last question is the easiest to answer.

The history detectives at the Papers of Abraham Lincoln, a project housed at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, have put together a story that sheds light on Abe Lincoln, political animal.

Which President is Hollywood's favorite? Stories of America's chief executive have always been exceedingly popular pop culture targets, from award-winning films to TV sketch comedy.

This is the seated Lincoln statue, created by Gutzon Borglum, outside of the Essex County Courthouse in Newark, New Jersey.

"Something's Coming." That sound you hear is a thousand musical theater snobs arching their brows as one.

Abraham Lincoln historical interpreter George Buss portrayed the president during a previous Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend at The Mariners' Museum.

How LBJ passed the '64 Civil Rights Act-by lying, schmoozing, charming, and threatening-is dramatized in the new Broadway play, starring Bryan Cranston.

The story of the "crisis" in Ukraine has been presented as an immediate threat to all civilized life on earth yet for days now, news anchors have been doing reports standing in front of what looks like crowds gathered for a winter version of Jazz Fest.

From Cicero to hick, President Lincoln has many voices in Jerome Charyn's novelization of America's greatest leader-and he also has sex.