Abraham Lincoln
The FBI Was Still Investigating John Wilkes Booth a Century After Lincoln's Death
The blog Wonders and Marvels came across the FBI file on John Wilkes Booth
The History of How We Came to Revere Abraham Lincoln
The slain president’s two personal secretaries battled mudslingers for a quarter-century to shape his image
My Great-Great-Grandfather Hated the Gettysburg Address. Now He’s Famous For It
It's hard to imagine anyone could pan Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address, but one cantankerous reporter did just that
Abraham Lincoln’s Top Hat: The Inside Story
Does the hat that links us to his final hours define the president? Or does the president define the hat?
Will the Real Abraham Lincoln Please Stand Up?
A former Disney animator makes a provocative discovery by studying photos taken during the Gettysburg Address
Interactive: Seeking Abraham Lincoln at the Gettysburg Address
A series of photographs captured in November 1863 give us a sense of what happened when Lincoln delivered his famous speech
The Family Plot to Kill Lincoln
Mary and John Surratt helped John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln and then paid the ultimate penalty for their actions
The Unsuccessful Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
On the eve of his first inauguration, President Lincoln snuck into Washington at night, evading the would-be assassins who waited for him in Baltimore
Document Deep Dive: The Menu From President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Ball
What delicacies and confectionaries were found on the 250-foot-long buffet table?
Document Deep Dive: Emancipation Proclamation
When freeing the slaves 150 years ago, Abraham Lincoln traded in his famous lyricism for a dry, legal tone. Harold Holzer explains why
How the Emancipation Proclamation Came to Be Signed
The pen, inkwell and one copy of the document that freed the slaves are photographed together for the first time
The History of Pardoning Turkeys Began With Tad Lincoln
The rambunctious boy had free rein of the White House, and used it to divert a holiday bird from the butcher's block
PHOTOS: The History of Abraham Lincoln on Film
The 16th president has been a Hollywood star and box office attraction since the earliest days of Hollywood
Mr. Lincoln Goes to Hollywood
Steven Spielberg, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Tony Kushner talk about what it takes to wrestle an epic presidency into a feature film
When LBJ Ordered Pants From the White House
Johnson liked his Haggar slacks slack—and colorfully described a special custom-cut
Document Deep Dive: How the Homestead Act Transformed America
Compare documents filed by the first and last homesteaders in the United States
Should LBJ Be Ranked Alongside Lincoln?
Robert Caro, the esteemed biographer of Lyndon Baines Johnson, talks on the Shakespearean life of the 36th president
Frozen in Place: December 1861
President Lincoln addresses the State of the Union and grows impatient with General McClellan
November 1861: Flare Ups in the Chain of Command
As Union generals came and left, personalities clashed and Southern farmers set fire to their fields
Ask an Expert: What Did Abraham Lincoln’s Voice Sound Like?
Civil War scholar Harold Holzer helps to decode what spectators heard when the 16th president spoke
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