During one of the most personally challenging parts of the Civil War, Lincoln wrote a private “Meditation on the Divine Will.

You might have learned in history class that President Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865, while he and his wife were ...

A chair used at Ford’s Theatre the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated will go on display in Springfield as part of a new ...

Today is Tuesday, April 14, the 104th day of 2026. There are 261 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 14, 1865, ...

Abraham Lincoln was shot dead on this day, April 15, 1865, making this the 156th anniversary of his death. On this day, John ...

Just over 160 years ago on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln in the head at Ford’s ...

Among them was a velvet-lined framed portrait of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, which included several dark hairs purportedly plucked from his head after he was fatally shot during an 1865 ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum announced it has obtained a chair from the Ford Theatre that in use the ...

Plenty of past presidents had favorite alcoholic beverages, but Abraham Lincoln preferred to abstain, and his reasoning was ...