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Since Abraham's birthday comes eight days after his famous namesake's, the Lincoln family will celebrate President Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday together with their own son's birthday.
See a collection of rare portraits of Abraham Lincoln and his family featured in the HBO documentary Living with Lincoln. In the years following the Civil War, ancestors of documentary filmmaker ...
People from all over the Chicago area took time out this Memorial Day to honor fallen service members.At Abraham Lincoln ...
When President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary — in 1863, while in the White House — received a live turkey for the family to feast on at Christmas, their precocious eight-year-old son Tad ...
The USS Abraham Lincoln departed San Diego for a friends and family day cruise on Saturday to demonstrate its combat capabilities and showcase daily life aboard the ship at sea. Guests had an ...
I often wonder what meal was served to Abraham Lincoln and his entourage at the David Wills House in Gettysburg, on the evening of Nov. 18, 1863, the night before ...
The auction — representing 10 percent of the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s collection — includes the gloves Lincoln ...
Just in case Abraham Lincoln ever wishes to give an encore performance of that famous speech he delivered in 1863 at ...
Lincoln is said to have had a family history of depression ... "We are so used to seeing Abraham Lincoln looking depressed and sad, that we forget — and the historical record is clear on ...
When President Abraham Lincoln was a young lawyer, he saw a pig stuck in mud. Abe — who adored animals — wanted to pull the pig out, but he knew helping would be tricky and mess up his clean suit.
More than 200 years after the Lincolns left town, the family has their own reserved parking spot in Elizabethtown. Stone pavers cover a single parking spot at 117 N. Main St., indicating it's a ...
Our family settled in what became Norwell. So for example, Abraham Lincoln’s grandfather is my ninth-great grandfather: Ezekiel Lincoln, from Hingham. Oh, yeah. I’m a direct ancestor of ...