Donald Trump has compared himself to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, even taking it one step further and placing him ...

“[George] Washington had no place within his administration for nepotism and wanted all appointments to be based on merit,” wrote Cyrus A. Ansary in “Dealmaker-In-Chief.” Abraham Lincoln ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is ...

Veterans Day honors military service. The Fourth of July acknowledges the country’s independence. But Presidents Day is ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The best presidents – including figures such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington – are celebrated not only as good leaders, but as good men. They embody not simply political ...

In this lesson, students interrogate their own assumptions about Abraham Lincoln in order to arrive at a deeper understanding of who Lincoln was. They investigate primary source documents in order ...

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s ...