Lincoln was, as usual, astute. The abolitionist movement in the North was led by Christians convinced that God abhorred ...

There was no hesitation in Ike Borlands steps when he was asked to show off an amazing object at the Wilder Museum of Warren ...

The power of the American ideal comes not from Americans being a “particular people” with a common heritage—an ...

The driving force on Capitol Hill is cowardice, as both GOPers and Dems confess to fear of violence. It wasn't always that ...

Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...

Reservations are being taken at 217-235-5661 for the Coles County Historical Society’s July 21 Founder’s Day Dinner, which will feature a presentation on Mary Todd Lincoln.

Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...