HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Exactly 160 years ago on Dec. 18, 1865, the U.S. adopted the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery.

Cole Escola’s play at London’s Trafalgar Theatre brings crazed comic energy to the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham ...

Donald Trump has now installed descriptive plaques under all the portraits that line his “Presidential Walk of Fame” in the White House. If you wonder whether they are petty, but also deeply strange ...

An authorized and printed edition of the Emancipation Proclamation's full text signed by President Abraham Lincoln is going ...

It’s more than the 50 stars on the flag—the American story is suffused with celestial imagery and astronomical symbols.

Lincoln is considered one of our greatest presidents for ending slavery and guiding the nation through the Civil War. He is ...

The penny was discontinued by the US Treasury earlier this year because they cost more to make than they're worth.

The last circulating pennies sold for over $16.76 million in an auction on Thursday, according to Stack’s Bowers Galleries.

According to Glinski, Mordecai Lincoln Sr., born in 1657, was a son of Samuel. A blacksmith, he purchased land and rights to ...

A new nature preserve opened this year in a wooded valley in Bloomingdale, Ohio, about an hour west of Pittsburgh. The ...

As both her father and manager, Quintanilla played a critical role in the development of Selena's life and career — and ...