Booth, a renowned Shakespearean actor throughout his life, is probably better known today as the brother of President Abraham Lincoln’s ... the room’s original wallpaper and recreated it ...

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At the urging of magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale, President Abraham Lincoln declared an annual national holiday of ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving ” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging.

For Lincoln, Thanksgiving was a day to not only reflect on our blessings but repent for our shortcomings and find ways to ...

A magazine "editress" tried for decades to persuade the president to declare "a day for our national rejoicing." Lincoln ...

The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed share a harvest celebration together at Plymouth in fall 1621, but that moment got ...

The president's humble speech, delivered on this day in 1863, was filled with profound reverence for the Union's ideals—and ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. The next day, newspapers such as The Inquirer re-printed ...

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln defied the odds by winning the Republican nomination and the presidency after a lifetime of ...

The nonprofit has four restored Pullman homes open to the public for tours and ramped up service at its cafe, which is the neighborhood’s only coffee shop.

The Transcontinental Railroad, the Adirondacks, New York philanthropists, an iconic American female sculptor, and Abraham Lincoln. This seemingly random assemblage is actually all linked to a ...