The quote has been misconstrued from an 1838 Abraham Lincoln speech, according to fact-checking services Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, misused an adage that's been wrongfully attributed ...

Feb. 16—Before he was elected president, Abraham Lincoln visited the Montgomery County Courthouse in 1859. Lincoln, who had lost a bid for the U.S. Senate the year before to Stephen A. Douglas, ...

What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago, on Thursday May 29, 1856, ignited Abraham Lincoln’s march to the presidency, and eventually led to the Civil War-era 13th, 14th and 15 amendments, which ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned to ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — After 167 years, President Abraham Lincoln has returned to the park where he gave his only public speech in the state of Michigan. Unveiled at the same time, 2 p.m., place, Bronson ...

A video livestream will be available on this page starting at 2 PM on Monday, December 20th. Please scroll down to view. On December 20, AEI’s Diana Schaub and Gary J. Schmitt discussed Dr. Schaub’s ...

When Abraham Lincoln ran for president, he didn't campaign on his own behalf. That was deemed unseemly in the political climate of the 1860s. Instead, other speakers hit the hustings to tout the man ...

Scott Heckel, a now-retired Repository staff photographer, took this photo in 2020 of the small monument erected in Alliance to honor the short visit to the city by Abraham Lincoln on his way by train ...

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” So said Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, given 165 years ago. Many describe contemporary America in the same terms. We’re a house divided ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — On a special day at Bronson Park, city officials unveiled a statue of Abraham Lincoln. Due to history, unveiling the statue on Sunday now has more meaning. On Aug. 27, 1856, Abraham ...

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:38:42 GMT — Christie's is auctioning a handwritten copy of the 1864 speech Abraham Lincoln delivered at the White House after being re-elected in the midst of an unpopular Civil ...

From our first days as a nation, we have put our faith in free markets and free enterprise as the engine of America’s wealth and prosperity. More than citizens of any other country, we are rugged ...