Confederate myths are confronted as John Dunphy pushes back with facts ...

Lincoln was a man of great vision, whose ambitions for America were not limited to the preservation of the union and the ...

Historian Richard Hofstadter was a well-known progressive, but his take on Abraham Lincoln certainly differs from the ...

Abraham Lincoln served as Commander in Chief during the nation’s darkest hour, guiding the Union through the Civil War with ...

Today Americans across the nation are celebrating Thanksgiving, most likely with a large, festive meal. There’s often turkey, ...

The idea for a national Thanksgiving holiday was not Lincoln’s own. It came from Sarah Josepha Hale, among the most ...

This Thanksgiving, we can be thankful for Sarah Hale, the 34-year-old widow who advocated for a permanent holiday, and for President Lincoln, who said yes.

With a national day of “Thanksgiving,” Lincoln created a kind of secular sabbath, a day for the country to find gratitude and ...

An opportunity for families and friends and, by extension, communities, states, and the country itself to have a national ...

As we approach the fall and winter holidays, giving thanks for our bounty, however small, and seeking the comfort of loved ...

BENJAMIN THOMAS, the author of the best single-volume biography of Lincoln, reminds us that following the election of President Zachary Taylor in 1848, ...

Throughout our nation’s history, there have been many incredible moments, ones which we still discuss with reverence today.