We know a lot about Abraham Lincoln, but who was Vinnie Ream, the teenager who sculpted him for the U.S. Capitol Rotunda?

In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment.

In correspondence with a passionate abolitionist in London, the great American orator didn't hold back when talking about the ...

In our era, they might seem like performative gestures for the president. A quiet visit with the wife of a wounded soldier. A conversation with a battlefield nurse or a kitchen worker. A hand extended ...