Looking back, he might have preferred his mom's home cooking. But Abraham Lincoln's elegant last meal with his wife became one for the record books.

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate his essential contributions to our country, let's also acknowledge some ugly truths

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for "Saturday Night Live," Rich Little and a wide range

“What are we waiting on? Donald Trump’s face should be on Mount Rushmore. We got the votes in the house. We got the votes in the senate. I know a guy whose gonna sign it named Donald John Trump,” Lewandowski added to a smirking Johnson.

Most Americans think of Abraham Lincoln in hagiographic terms, the man who “saved” the United States from destruction. A closer look gives us a different

February 1,1865 will forever be one of celebration. That’s the day that president Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th amendment outlawing slavery in the United States. President Harry Truman made national freedom day an official observance when he signed the bill in 1948 and for the past 15 years historic Mitchellville Freedom

We’re busy at work on our new season, which will hit your feeds later this month. In the meantime, we’re bringing you an episode of the Smithsonian Institution’s podcast Sidedoor to tide you over. Smithsonian curator of political history Jon Grinspan takes you inside the story of the Wide Awakes,

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 read from. An excellent orator, he adjusted the spacing, apparently for cadence and dramatic effect.

Hegseth has made plain that his goal is to enhance the unbridled “lethality” of American military forces without handcuffs imposed by the law of armed conflict.

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has filed legislation that would direct the secretary of the Interior to carve the figure of President Donald Trump on Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.

Adding the aerial refueling UAV to carrier air wings will help increase the range and endurance of naval strike aircraft, Cheever noted, but the associated control gear on the carrier itself enables a wider integration of robotic aircraft.

Harry Jaffa suggested that Americans should adopt a “civil religion,” with Lincoln as a quasi-divine figure. This, of course, makes the state into a