Trump's habit is to treat Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but something of a political contemporary. And a flawed one ...

The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on ...

In the good ole days—and I guess that statement dates me—national holidays and national recognition days came few and far between. January would pass by without much fanfare, and Abraham ...

In addition to being president, Abraham ... Lincoln prompted the South to begin to withdraw, or secede, from the Union. In 1860, Lincoln was the first ever president to be elected with less than 50% ...

Though modern job approval metrics were a bit lacking during the late 1790s, historians have for decades considered George ... States. Washington finished behind only Abraham Lincoln in the ...

When Donald Trump assumes office on Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, he will mark the solemn occasion with ...

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 ...

The 60-foot-tall profiles of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln were intended to represent the first 150 years of America's history and cultural heritage.

When Donald Trump assumes office on Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, he will mark the solemn occasion with ...