Wednesday is the 150th anniversary of the death of President Abraham Lincoln, and while most Americans know the history of his assassination, many aren't aware of some of the odd facts related to his ...

Few days changed the course of American history like April 15, 1865 — when Abraham Lincoln died after being shot by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. WTOP’s Jimmy Alexander explores ...

Here’s what’s closed on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, Friday, Feb. 12: Los Angeles Public Libraries will not offer library services as a city-wide cost-saving ...

There's little doubt that Abraham Lincoln was one of the most influential and important leaders ever elected to the White House. Yet his rise from obscurity to president wasn't all on the up and up.

WASHINGTON -- For just about everybody in the U.S., it's a three-day weekend as America celebrates its 139th Presidents Day. But how much do we really know about the men who've held America's top job?

The crowd gathered outside the Lincoln Memorial Shrine in Redlands listened as the words of the nation’s 16th president spilled across the green lawn. Nearly 161 years after Abraham Lincoln delivered ...

The Tony-winning play paints Abraham Lincoln's wife ... that first lady Mary Todd Lincoln could dream of and want with her life?" “It wasn’t like, 'Let me turn history on its head.' It was more like, ...