This speech is almost as easily recognizable as the man who wrote it. Abraham Lincoln, born in Illinois on February 12, 1809, is one of the most beloved presidents (if you aren’t a Confederate ...

HICKORY, N.C. (AP) - After investigating a topic that has been taboo for years, two North Carolina researchers believe President Lincoln might have been the illegitimate son of a North Carolinian ...

This black history month, the greatest obstacle to liberty is abortion. Black history month began as a celebration of two great fighters for freedom: Abraham Lincoln, born on Feb. 12, and Frederick ...

President's Day, the next federal holiday on the calendar, is here. The holiday is celebrated annually on the third Monday of February. It commemorates the births of two great U.S. presidents — George ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Folksy, melancholy Abraham Lincoln would have been dumbfounded by the fuss over his birthday Thursday. Bells tolled, wreaths were laid, speeches intoned and banjos picked to mark ...

HICKORY, N.C. (AP) -- After investigating a topic that has been taboo for years, two North Carolina researchers believe President Lincoln might have been the illegitimate son of a North Carolinian ...

The ‘Symbolic Birth Cabin’ in the Memorial Building at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park near Hodgenville, Ky. The Memorial Building is a Beaux-Arts neo-classical building designed ...

Mary Ann Todd was born to Robert Smith and Eliza Parker Todd in 1818 in their home on Short Street, and later moved to W.