President Lincoln used his own weapons--his words--to fight the Civil War as brilliantly as any general who ever took the field. In Lincoln on War, historian Harold Holzer gathers and interprets ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, ...
The Nov. 22 event includes music and live artillery demonstrations, in addition to a recitation of the Gettysburg Address.
Imagine a federal initiative that builds a nationwide system of universities and colleges equipped to educate and train every ...
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Noted Civil War experts Brandi C. Brimmer and Judith Giesberg are leading a discussion on the 16th president and the amendment abolishing slavery during the eighth annual Frank and ...
In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...
In the last days of a devastating civil war, President Abraham Lincoln's thoughts turned to passages in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." It was his favorite Shakespeare play. In a letter to an actor, ...
Editor’s note: Opinion content is solely the opinion of the writer and not the Daily Journal. In his more grandiose moments, Donald Trump likes to proclaim himself the greatest president in U.S.