In the 20th century, it was an immigrant who taught Americans how to truly see Abraham Lincoln. Jewish Hungarian editor Stefan Lorant, who lived from 1901 to 1997, published sensational ...

A copy of New York Central Railroad timetable for the Lincoln funeral train for April 27, 1865 from Rochester to Buffalo. Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train car, as seen in Chicago, 1865. The train made ...

Online exhibit on Abraham Lincoln. Covers each major period of his private and public life, especially his years in Washington when he made the crucial decisions that ended slavery and preserved the ...

In our era, they might seem like performative gestures for the president. A quiet visit with the wife of a wounded soldier. A conversation with a battlefield nurse or a kitchen worker. A hand extended ...

Read about the 19th century portrait of Abraham Lincoln that guided President Theodore Roosevelt and will soon go on public ...

For most of us, the Lincoln assassination lives only in history books or in television or movie adaptations of the event. But for Samuel J. Seymour (1860–1956), it was a core memory. It was a ...

Tall, lanky, and wearing a signature stovepipe hat, Abraham Lincoln has long held a beloved spot in American lore and legacy. The country's 16th elected leader is considered by many to be the best ...

A book examining Abraham Lincoln’s influence through artifacts held by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum ...