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, ...

We're accustomed to seeing redemption arcs in movies, but did you know that some of your favorite historical figures have ...

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.

While the Pilgrims and the “Wampanoags” people (Indians) did indeed share a harvest feast in fall 1621, and while early ...

On January 7, 1861, Virginia Gov. John Letcher proposed that delegates from every state gather in Washington, D.C. for a ...

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 ...