The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum kicked off its Independence Day celebration by unveiling a rare 21-star flag, marking Illinois' entry as the ...

Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $12 million.

"In my defense i was not prepared for this question because this is art class," she wrote in the video's caption. Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his ...

The auction — representing 10 percent of the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s collection — includes the gloves Lincoln carried the night of his assassination.

And last year, the Pritzkers donated an 1861 presidential decree ordering a Union blockade of Southern ports. The couple purchased that document bearing Lincoln’s signature for $471,000 at auction.

More on the unsuccessful plot to kill Lincoln: http://j.mp/VnSZ9g During his inauguration tour in 1861, the president's life was threatened in the city of Baltimore.

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, leading the U.S. through the Civil War. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slave on January 1, 1863.

LAKE CITY — A bronze tablet mounted on red granite will commemorate Abraham Lincoln's 1861 visit to Lake City. The tablet will tell the story of Lincoln's stop at the town's rail depot enroute ...

"In 1861, 11 senators & 3 representatives were expelled from Congress for supporting the insurrection and refusing to recognize Abraham Lincoln's electoral win," reads a meme, with over 2,000 ...