EVANSVILLE — The first new school built in Evansville for the Black community, local historians called it. Lincoln School opened in 1928, the same decade that saw Ku Klux Klan members win the Indiana ...

President Abraham Lincoln and his wife were chatting with Union officers. One asked, “Is it true you once went out to fight a duel for the sake of the lady by your side?” Lincoln answered, “I do not ...

President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in United States history, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on this day in history, Nov.

On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most memorable speeches in American history.Lincoln’s speech, though just 271 words, served as a reminder to ...

For Lincoln, history was not just a record of what the Founders had done, but a living force animated by the ideals they enshrined. The facts of land ordinances and constitutional silences revealed ...